School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritania
Mauritania: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.04 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritania, 1988–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritania stood at 1.04 GPI. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritania peaked at 1.04 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6131 GPI, in 1988.
That places Mauritania 75th out of 175 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 0.6131 GPI | — |
| 1989 | 0.6148 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.6289 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 0.6596 GPI | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 0.6921 GPI | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 0.7204 GPI | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 0.7492 GPI | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 0.7608 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.7694 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8057 GPI | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 0.8677 GPI | +7.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8864 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8888 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9175 GPI | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9399 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9576 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9782 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9624 GPI | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9836 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9795 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9839 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9777 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9681 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.991 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9918 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.01 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 1.02 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 1.03 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1.04 GPI | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6139 GPI | 0.6131 GPI | 0.6148 GPI | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.754 GPI | 0.6289 GPI | 0.8864 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9509 GPI | 0.8888 GPI | 0.9836 GPI | 8 |
| 2010s | 1 GPI | 0.9681 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 9 |
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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, gender parity index in Mauritania?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritania was 1.04 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6131 GPI in 1988.
- How does Mauritania rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Mauritania ranks 75th out of 175 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. 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 to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.