Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Mauritania
Mauritania: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 99.1% 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
Mauritania recorded 99.1% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2020. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Mauritania peaked at 99.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 91.4%, in 2000.
That places Mauritania 35th out of 188 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 | 93.1% | — |
| 1999 | 92.2% | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 91.4% | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 93.3% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 93.2% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 93.6% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 93.4% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 93.4% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 94.1% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 93.9% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 93.9% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 93.9% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 94.0% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 95.3% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 95.1% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 95.8% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 97.7% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 97.3% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 94.7% | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 98.2% | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 97.4% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 99.1% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 92.7% | 92.2% | 93.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 93.3% | 91.4% | 94.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 95.9% | 93.9% | 98.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.1% | 99.1% | 99.1% | 1 |
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More education data for Mauritania
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 258,591 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.4933 % change on previous year (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 24,560 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 9.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 130,916 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.46 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 127,675 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.5275 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 24,444 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.39 % change on previous year (2020)
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 99.1% 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 99.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.4% in 2000.
- How does Mauritania rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Mauritania ranks 35th out of 188 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 5.5%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release