School life expectancy, primary, female in Mauritania
Mauritania: School life expectancy, primary, female was 6.71 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in Mauritania, 1971β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary, female in Mauritania stood at 6.71 years. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.8% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in Mauritania peaked at 6.71 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6044 years, in 1971.
Mauritania ranks 38th of 212 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.03 years | 0.6044 years | 1.49 years | 6 |
| 1980s | 2.11 years | 1.5 years | 2.49 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 3.75 years | 2.35 years | 5.05 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.42 years | 4.86 years | 6.03 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.87 years | 5.6 years | 6.1 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.21 years | 5.71 years | 6.71 years | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More education data for Mauritania
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 42.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 24,560 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 4.62 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 106.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in Mauritania?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in Mauritania was 6.71 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 6.71 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6044 years in 1971.
- How does Mauritania rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- Mauritania ranks 38th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release