Mauritania's adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) was 27.02% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 14.94 percentage points from 41.96% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 27.02% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 31.7% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 41.96% | 2014 |
| Highest | 56.82% | 2001 |
| Lowest | 27.02% | 2024 |
| Average since 2015 | 40.45% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 56.82% | 2001 |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 19 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.81 percentage points in 2019. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Mauritania had the 16th highest value of the 67 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 27.02% | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 11.3% | 2025 |
Closest to Mauritania in the 2024 ranking
- Côte d'Ivoire — 13th of 67: 29.44%
- Lesotho — 14th of 67: 28.7%
- Togo — 15th of 67: 28.22%
- Malawi — 17th of 67: 22.98%
- Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 18th of 67: 21.62%
- Malaysia — 19th of 67: 15.32%
What this measures
Adolescents out of school are the percentage of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in school.
Limitations: The administrative data used in the calculation of the rate of out-of-school children are based on enrolment at a specific date which can bias the results by either counting enrolled children who never attend school or by omitting those who enroll after the reference date for reporting enrolment data. Furthermore, children who drop out of school after the reference date are not counted as out of school. Discrepancies between enrolment and population data from different sources can also result in over- or underestimates of the rate.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 16 values
| Year | Adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 27.02 |
| 2023 | no data |
| 2022 | no data |
| 2021 | no data |
| 2020 | 50.7 |
| 2019 | 31.7 |
| 2018 | 39.51 |
| 2017 | 45.68 |
| 2016 | 47.35 |
| 2015 | 41.21 |
Adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) in nearby economies
- Botswana — 8.8% (2022)
- Burkina Faso — 55.47% (2024)
- Burundi — 34.96% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 48.16% (2022)
- Cameroon — 48.96% (2023)
- Chad — 63.55% (2024)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 29.44% (2024)
- Eritrea — 42.22% (2022)
More education data for Mauritania
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 891,821 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 105.44% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers — 24,560 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 106.94% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 103.97% (2024)
- Secondary education, general pupils
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Questions people ask
- What is Mauritania's adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age)?
- 27.02% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2001?
- It is down 29.8 percentage points from 56.82% in 2001. The highest value was 56.82% in 2001 and the lowest 27.02% in 2024.
- How does Mauritania rank?
- 16th highest of 67 economies with data for 2024.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.UNER.LO.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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