Mauritania: Secondary education, vocational pupils

Key figures

Over five years it is down 47.55% from 2,139 in 2013 (12.11% a year on average, compounded). Since 1972 it is up 36.83% from 820 in 1972 (0.68% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 18 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2018, Mauritania's secondary education, vocational pupils fell 59.8% on 2017 (from 2,793 to 1,122).

Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1987 to 2017), the average change was +8.6% and a typical year strayed about 28.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 90.9% in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 59.8% in 2018. 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 2018, Mauritania had the 56th highest value of the 64 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

• Oman — 53rd of 64: 1,653
• Bhutan — 54th of 64: 1,583
• Cabo Verde — 55th of 64: 1,212
• Macao SAR, China — 57th of 64: 936
• Qatar — 58th of 64: 720
• Andorra — 59th of 64: 488

What this measures

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

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

All 29 values

Secondary education, vocational pupils in nearby economies

• Angola — 287,600 (2016)
• Benin — 27,875 (2016)
• Burkina Faso — 28,566 (2018)
• Burundi — 68,831 (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 1,212 (2018)
• Cameroon — 477,192 (2016)
• Central African Republic — 5,149 (2017)
• Chad — 7,791 (2016)
• Comoros — 0 (2018)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 870,961 (2015)
• Côte d'Ivoire

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, vocational pupils?

1,122 in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1972?

It is up 36.83% from 820 in 1972 (0.68% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 3,338 in 2004 and the lowest 820 in 1972.

How does Mauritania rank?

56th highest of 64 economies with data for 2018.

Is the latest change in secondary education, vocational pupils unusual for Mauritania?

In 2018, Mauritania's secondary education, vocational pupils fell 59.8% on 2017 (from 2,793 to 1,122). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1987 to 2017), the average change was +8.6% and a typical year strayed about 28.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.ENRL.VO, 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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