School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania
Mauritania: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 1 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania, 1981–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 1 GPIA for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in 2020. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 23.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania peaked at 1 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.2592 GPIA, in 1981.
That places Mauritania 132nd out of 213 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.2592 GPIA | — |
| 1987 | 0.4065 GPIA | +56.8% |
| 1988 | 0.4226 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 0.4322 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 0.4462 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 0.4708 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 0.5101 GPIA | +8.4% |
| 1993 | 0.5053 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.554 GPIA | +9.6% |
| 1995 | 0.5684 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.5112 GPIA | -10.1% |
| 1997 | 0.5347 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 0.7107 GPIA | +32.9% |
| 1999 | 0.7079 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.7238 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 0.7573 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 0.7649 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8077 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8347 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 0.853 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8206 GPIA | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8621 GPIA | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 0.807 GPIA | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 0.8081 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.7896 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 0.7789 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8524 GPIA | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8289 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8481 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8867 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9235 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 0.948 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9892 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 1 GPIA | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3801 GPIA | 0.2592 GPIA | 0.4322 GPIA | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.5519 GPIA | 0.4462 GPIA | 0.7107 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8034 GPIA | 0.7238 GPIA | 0.8621 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8653 GPIA | 0.7789 GPIA | 0.9892 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More education data for Mauritania
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 105.44 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania was 1 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2592 GPIA in 1981.
- How does Mauritania rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Mauritania ranks 132nd out of 213 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.9%. 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, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release