School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Mauritania
Mauritania: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) was 0.6117 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritania, 1978–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.6117 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.9% on the previous year and up 58.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritania peaked at 0.6117 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1089 GPI, in 1978.
That places Mauritania 158th out of 177 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 0.1089 GPI | — |
| 1988 | 0.15 GPI | +37.8% |
| 1989 | 0.1513 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.1319 GPI | -12.8% |
| 1991 | 0.1684 GPI | +27.7% |
| 1992 | 0.1764 GPI | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 0.1759 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.2096 GPI | +19.1% |
| 1995 | 0.2077 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.214 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 0.1844 GPI | -13.8% |
| 1998 | 0.1979 GPI | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 0.2141 GPI | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 0.2066 GPI | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 0.2767 GPI | +34.0% |
| 2003 | 0.2801 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.3188 GPI | +13.9% |
| 2005 | 0.3299 GPI | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 0.3548 GPI | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 0.3931 GPI | +10.8% |
| 2009 | 0.3866 GPI | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.4046 GPI | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 0.3928 GPI | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 0.4 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.4626 GPI | +15.6% |
| 2015 | 0.4871 GPI | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 0.4882 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.4835 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5417 GPI | +12.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6117 GPI | +12.9% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.6117 GPI is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.8461 GPI, 72% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.6117 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7194 GPI, 85% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1089 GPI | 0.1089 GPI | 0.1089 GPI | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.1507 GPI | 0.15 GPI | 0.1513 GPI | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.188 GPI | 0.1319 GPI | 0.2141 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3183 GPI | 0.2066 GPI | 0.3931 GPI | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.4747 GPI | 0.3928 GPI | 0.6117 GPI | 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, gender parity index in Mauritania?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritania was 0.6117 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6117 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1089 GPI in 1978.
- How does Mauritania rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Mauritania ranks 158th out of 177 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.2%. 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, 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.