School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mauritania
Mauritania: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 9.35 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mauritania, 1986–2019
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 9.35 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in 2019. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mauritania peaked at 9.35 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.72 years, in 1990.
Mauritania ranks 162nd of 183 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 3.8 years | — |
| 1987 | 3.95 years | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 4 years | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 3.93 years | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 3.72 years | -5.3% |
| 1991 | 3.83 years | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 4.15 years | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 4.64 years | +12.0% |
| 1994 | 5.33 years | +14.7% |
| 1995 | 5.47 years | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 5.73 years | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 5.78 years | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 6.18 years | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 6.38 years | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 6.56 years | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 6.64 years | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 6.78 years | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 7.29 years | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 7.33 years | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 7.56 years | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 7.32 years | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 7.79 years | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 7.88 years | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 7.98 years | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 8.37 years | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 8.68 years | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 9.03 years | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 8.62 years | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 8.59 years | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 9.08 years | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 9.35 years | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.92 years | 3.8 years | 4 years | 4 |
| 1990s | 5.12 years | 3.72 years | 6.38 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.16 years | 6.56 years | 7.79 years | 8 |
| 2010s | 8.62 years | 7.88 years | 9.35 years | 9 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 159 Democratic Republic of Congo 9.61 years compare
- 160 Nauru 9.57 years compare
- 161 Angola 9.56 years compare
- 163 Burkina Faso 9.26 years compare
- 164 Solomon Islands 9.23 years compare
- 165 Syria 9.16 years compare
More education data for Mauritania
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 24,560 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mauritania?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mauritania was 9.35 years in 2019, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 9.35 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.72 years in 1990.
- How does Mauritania rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Mauritania ranks 162nd out of 183 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.