Mauritania's net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population) was 36.65% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.86 percentage points from 35.8% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 36.65% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 36.7% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 35.8% | 2008 |
| Highest | 51.79% | 2015 |
| Lowest | 28.75% | 2001 |
| Average since 2009 | 38.4% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 28.75% | 2001 |
What the numbers say
In 2018, Mauritania's net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population) fell 0.23 percentage points on 2017 (from 36.89% to 36.65%).
Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2017), the average change was +1.38 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.81 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.66 percentage points in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.43 percentage points in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 14% of the movement over 9 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2018, Mauritania had the 33rd highest value of the 34 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 | 36.65% | 2018 |
| World | 69.91% | 2018 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 56.68% | 2018 |
Closest to Mauritania in the 2018 ranking
- Niger — 30th of 34: 50%
- Burkina Faso — 31st of 34: 44.12%
- Indonesia — 32nd of 34: 40.55%
- Eritrea — 34th of 34: 28.02%
What this measures
Net intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education who are of official primary school entrance age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the corresponding age.
Limitations: The quality of data is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished in the first grade of primary education. Caution is also needed for countries with a total population under 100,000 since the United Nations Population Division neither publish nor endorse single-age data for those countries. The data are highly subject to fluctuations in migration and other factors.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 16 values
| Year | Net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 36.65 |
| 2017 | 36.89 |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | 51.79 |
| 2014 | 42.13 |
| 2013 | 36.7 |
| 2012 | 37.66 |
| 2011 | 35.97 |
| 2010 | 33.33 |
| 2009 | 34.49 |
| 2008 |
Net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population) in nearby economies
- Burkina Faso — 44.12% (2018)
- Burundi — 57.62% (2018)
- Cabo Verde — 97.06% (2018)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 73.32% (2018)
- Eritrea — 28.02% (2018)
- Eswatini — 38.41% (2016)
- Guinea — 58.65% (2016)
- Lesotho — 70.6% (2016)
- Madagascar
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 net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population)?
- 36.65% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2001?
- It is up 7.9 percentage points from 28.75% in 2001. The highest value was 51.79% in 2015 and the lowest 28.75% in 2001.
- How does Mauritania rank?
- 33rd highest of 34 economies with data for 2018.
- Is the latest change in net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population) unusual for Mauritania?
- In 2018, Mauritania's net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population) fell 0.23 percentage points on 2017 (from 36.89% to 36.65%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2017), the average change was +1.38 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.81 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.NINT.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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