Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Mauritania
Mauritania: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 99.2% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Mauritania, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Mauritania stood at 99.2%. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Mauritania peaked at 99.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 92.3%, in 2000.
That places Mauritania 38th out of 190 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 93.9% | — |
| 1999 | 93.1% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 92.3% | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 93.8% | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 94.0% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 93.2% | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 93.2% | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 93.6% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 94.6% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 94.6% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 94.6% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 94.6% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 94.6% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 95.7% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 95.7% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 96.0% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 98.0% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 97.6% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 95.5% | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 98.5% | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 97.6% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 99.2% | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 93.5% | 93.1% | 93.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 93.8% | 92.3% | 94.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 96.4% | 94.6% | 98.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.2% | 99.2% | 99.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 36 Yemen 99.4% compare
- 37 Myanmar 99.3% compare
- 39 Oman 99.1% compare
- 40 Afghanistan 99.0% compare
- 41 Saudi Arabia 98.6% compare
More education data for Mauritania
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Mauritania?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Mauritania was 99.2% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 99.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.3% in 2000.
- How does Mauritania rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Mauritania ranks 38th out of 190 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release