School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (tertiary both) in Mauritania
Mauritania: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (tertiary both) was 0.2882 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Mauritania, 1978–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Mauritania stood at 0.2882 years.
That represents a change of up 15.2% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Mauritania peaked at 0.3371 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.0187 years, in 1978.
That places Mauritania 167th out of 183 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (tertiary both) in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 0.0187 years | — |
| 1985 | 0.0835 years | +345.5% |
| 1986 | 0.1298 years | +55.4% |
| 1987 | 0.1503 years | +15.8% |
| 1988 | 0.1472 years | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.154 years | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 0.1498 years | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 0.1337 years | -10.7% |
| 1992 | 0.1429 years | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 0.1785 years | +24.9% |
| 1994 | 0.1778 years | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.175 years | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.1857 years | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 0.1965 years | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 0.1916 years | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 0.2059 years | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 0.1715 years | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 0.1505 years | -12.3% |
| 2003 | 0.1596 years | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 0.1608 years | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.1676 years | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 0.2033 years | +21.3% |
| 2007 | 0.1863 years | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 0.2354 years | +26.3% |
| 2009 | 0.2429 years | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 0.2181 years | -10.2% |
| 2011 | 0.2808 years | +28.7% |
| 2012 | 0.3129 years | +11.4% |
| 2013 | 0.3371 years | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3246 years | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 0.3061 years | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 0.2848 years | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2501 years | -12.2% |
| 2019 | 0.2882 years | +15.2% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.2882 years is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.678 years, 42% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.2882 years is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4497 years, 64% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (tertiary both) in Mauritania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +345.5% | 0.0187 years | 0.0835 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0187 years | 0.0187 years | 0.0187 years | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.1329 years | 0.0835 years | 0.154 years | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.1738 years | 0.1337 years | 0.2059 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1864 years | 0.1505 years | 0.2429 years | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.2892 years | 0.2181 years | 0.3371 years | 9 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More education data for Mauritania
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 89.7 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 88.74 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9,029 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 52,338 (2020)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 258,591 (2020)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 891,821 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1725 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Mauritania?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Mauritania was 0.2882 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3371 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0187 years in 1978.
- How does Mauritania rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- Mauritania ranks 167th out of 183 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. 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, tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.