Mauritania: Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2018, Mauritania's secondary education, general pupils (% female) rose 0.22 percentage points on 2017 (from 49.53% to 49.75%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2017), the average change was +0.67 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.53 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 6.91 percentage points in 1998 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.57 percentage points in 1996. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.58 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 90% of the movement over 10 observed years.

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 42nd highest value of the 84 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 2018 ranking

• Moldova — 39th of 84: 49.83%
• Grenada — 40th of 84: 49.78%
• Montenegro — 41st of 84: 49.77%
• Kyrgyz Republic — 43rd of 84: 49.74%
• Jamaica — 44th of 84: 49.72%
• Albania — 45th of 84: 49.71%

What this measures

Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.

Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

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

All 42 values

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in nearby economies

• Angola — 39.06% (2016)
• Benin — 42.66% (2016)
• Botswana — 51.54% (2015)
• Burkina Faso — 49.3% (2018)
• Burundi — 53.26% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 52.53% (2018)
• Cameroon — 48.46% (2016)
• Central African Republic — 40.05% (2017)
• Chad — 31.18% (2016)
• Comoros — 50.79% (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 secondary education, general pupils (% female)?

49.75% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is up 38.54 percentage points from 11.21% in 1971. The highest value was 49.75% in 2018 and the lowest 11.21% in 1971.

How does Mauritania rank?

42nd highest of 84 economies with data for 2018.

Is the latest change in secondary education, general pupils (% female) unusual for Mauritania?

In 2018, Mauritania's secondary education, general pupils (% female) rose 0.22 percentage points on 2017 (from 49.53% to 49.75%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2017), the average change was +0.67 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.53 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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.SEC.ENRL.GC.FE.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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