Share of all students in upper … upper general adjusted gender parity in Mauritania
Mauritania: Share of all students in upper … upper general adjusted gender parity was 1 GPIA in 2020. ▬ Flat
Latest (2020)
1 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
127th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.03 GPIA
in 2000
All-time low
0.9889 GPIA
in 2003
Years of data
22
1998–2020
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Mauritania, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Mauritania is 1 GPIA, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Mauritania peaked at 1.03 GPIA in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.9889 GPIA, in 2003.
Mauritania ranks 127th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Share of all students in upper … upper general adjusted gender parity in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1.02 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 1.01 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.9889 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 0.994 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 1.01 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 1.01 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 1 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1 GPIA | -0.2% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 1 GPIA is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.03 GPIA, 98% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 1 GPIA is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.02 GPIA, 98% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.02 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9889 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 124 Nicaragua 1.01 GPIA compare
- 125 Yemen 1.01 GPIA compare
- 126 Canada 1.01 GPIA compare
- 128 Cote d'Ivoire 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Anguilla 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Argentina 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Antigua and Barbuda 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Bahamas 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Bermuda 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Barbados 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Botswana 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Cook Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Cayman Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Dominica 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Gibraltar 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Grenada 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Guyana 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Jamaica 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Kiribati 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Saint Lucia 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Marshall Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Montserrat 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Malawi 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Namibia 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Niue 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Nauru 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Peru 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Palau 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Singapore 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Solomon Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Tokelau 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Trinidad and Tobago 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Venezuela 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Samoa 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Zimbabwe 1 GPIA compare
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 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 1 GPIA 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 1.03 GPIA in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9889 GPIA in 2003.
- How does Mauritania rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Mauritania ranks 127th 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 down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release