School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania
Mauritania: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.5321 GPIA in 2020. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania, 1978β2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2020, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania stood at 0.5321 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 41.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania peaked at 0.5321 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1066 GPIA, in 1978.
That places Mauritania 180th out of 189 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1066 GPIA | 0.1066 GPIA | 0.1066 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.1488 GPIA | 0.1482 GPIA | 0.1495 GPIA | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.1872 GPIA | 0.1306 GPIA | 0.2137 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3037 GPIA | 0.2044 GPIA | 0.3665 GPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.4151 GPIA | 0.3467 GPIA | 0.5225 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.5321 GPIA | 0.5321 GPIA | 0.5321 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)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0048 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania was 0.5321 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5321 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1066 GPIA in 1978.
- How does Mauritania rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Mauritania ranks 180th out of 189 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.9%. 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, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release