Secondary education, teachers, per capita in Mauritania
Mauritania: Secondary education, teachers, per capita was 0.002 units per person in 2020. ▲ Rising
Secondary education, teachers, per capita in Mauritania, 1978–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
In 2020, secondary education, teachers, per capita in Mauritania stood at 0.002 units per person.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and up 56.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, secondary education, teachers, per capita in Mauritania peaked at 0.0021 units per person in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0004 units per person, in 1978.
Mauritania ranks 186th of 201 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Secondary education, teachers, per capita in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 0.0004 units per person | — |
| 1979 | 0.0004 units per person | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0004 units per person | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0009 units per person | +112.2% |
| 1988 | 0.001 units per person | +10.3% |
| 1989 | 0.001 units per person | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0011 units per person | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.001 units per person | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0009 units per person | -7.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0009 units per person | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0009 units per person | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0008 units per person | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0009 units per person | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0008 units per person | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0009 units per person | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.001 units per person | +10.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0011 units per person | +14.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0011 units per person | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0012 units per person | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0011 units per person | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 0.001 units per person | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0013 units per person | +23.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0014 units per person | +12.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0014 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0019 units per person | +31.6% |
| 2017 | 0.002 units per person | +10.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0021 units per person | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 0.002 units per person | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 0.002 units per person | -2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0004 units per person | 0.0004 units per person | 0.0004 units per person | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.0009 units per person | 0.0004 units per person | 0.001 units per person | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.0009 units per person | 0.0008 units per person | 0.0011 units per person | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0011 units per person | 0.001 units per person | 0.0013 units per person | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.0018 units per person | 0.0014 units per person | 0.0021 units per person | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.002 units per person | 0.002 units per person | 0.002 units per person | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More education data for Mauritania
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is secondary education, teachers, per capita in Mauritania?
- Secondary education, teachers, per capita in Mauritania was 0.002 units per person in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest secondary education, teachers, per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0021 units per person in 2018.
- What is the lowest secondary education, teachers, per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0004 units per person in 1978.
- How does Mauritania rank for secondary education, teachers, per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 186th out of 201 countries with data for 2020.
- Is secondary education, teachers, per capita rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Secondary education, teachers, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Secondary education, teachers divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Secondary education, teachers ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Secondary education, teachers Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Secondary education, teachers divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.