School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Mauritania
Mauritania: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 0.218 years in 2019. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Mauritania, 1978–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Mauritania stood at 0.218 years. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 24.6% on the previous year and up 61.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Mauritania peaked at 0.218 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0037 years, in 1978.
That places Mauritania 163rd out of 177 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0037 years | 0.0037 years | 0.0037 years | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.0392 years | 0.0382 years | 0.0402 years | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.0552 years | 0.0347 years | 0.0722 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0907 years | 0.0583 years | 0.1351 years | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.1848 years | 0.1249 years | 0.218 years | 9 |
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More education data for Mauritania
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 42.4% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 24,560 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 4.62 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 106.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Mauritania?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Mauritania was 0.218 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.218 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0037 years in 1978.
- How does Mauritania rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Mauritania ranks 163rd out of 177 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, female (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.