Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania
Mauritania: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 1.09 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania is 1.09 index, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania peaked at 1.09 index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.886 index, in 2012.
Mauritania ranks 16th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9427 index | 0.9069 index | 0.9796 index | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9749 index | 0.886 index | 1.05 index | 9 |
| 2020s | 1.06 index | 1.02 index | 1.09 index | 2 |
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More education data for Mauritania
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 42.4% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 24,560 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.62 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 106.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania was 1.09 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 index in 2024.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.886 index in 2012.
- How does Mauritania rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Mauritania ranks 16th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.