Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Mauritania
Mauritania: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 0.7% in 2020. ▼ Falling
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 0.7%. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is down 67.6% on the previous year and down 80.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Mauritania peaked at 7.4% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2020.
That places Mauritania 149th out of 168 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4.9% | — |
| 1999 | 5.6% | +13.7% |
| 2000 | 6.3% | +11.5% |
| 2001 | 5.4% | -13.8% |
| 2002 | 4.8% | -11.3% |
| 2003 | 7.4% | +55.0% |
| 2004 | 7.1% | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 6.1% | -15.3% |
| 2006 | 4.7% | -23.0% |
| 2012 | 3.7% | -19.8% |
| 2013 | 3.6% | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 3.9% | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 1.7% | -55.0% |
| 2016 | 2.0% | +16.3% |
| 2017 | 3.7% | +85.2% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | -66.9% |
| 2019 | 2.2% | +80.8% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -67.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.3% | 4.9% | 5.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.0% | 4.7% | 7.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 2.8% | 1.2% | 3.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 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 0.7% 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 7.4% in 2003.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2020.
- How does Mauritania rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Mauritania ranks 149th out of 168 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 80.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 vocational programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release