Mauritania: Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 4.46 percentage points from 18.63% in 2011. Since 1997 it is down 25.09 percentage points from 39.27% in 1997. The World Bank has no value for 10 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2016, Mauritania had the 26th highest value of the 30 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.

Closest to Mauritania in the 2016 ranking

• Ireland — 23rd of 30: 15.94%
• Romania — 24th of 30: 15.16%
• Mexico — 25th of 30: 14.43%
• Paraguay — 27th of 30: 11.92%
• Bangladesh — 28th of 30: 9.88%
• Ecuador — 29th of 30: 5.29%

What this measures

Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 10 values

Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita) in nearby economies

• Burkina Faso — 19.93% (2016)
• Cabo Verde — 19.66% (2017)
• Mali — 25.5% (2017)
• Mauritius — 31.32% (2018)
• Niger — 17.14% (2017)
• Rwanda — 21.67% (2018)
• Senegal — 11.42% (2018)
• South Africa — 21.38% (2018)

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 government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)?

14.17% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1997?

It is down 25.09 percentage points from 39.27% in 1997. The highest value was 39.27% in 1997 and the lowest 14.17% in 2016.

How does Mauritania rank?

26th highest of 30 economies with data for 2016.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.SECO.PC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) 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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