Mauritania's adult literacy rose from 51.2 % in 2000 to 59.5 % in 2020.
Mauritania's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 60.9 % in 1993 to 105.4 % in 2024.
Mauritania · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)
% of people ages 15–24
40th of 43 · 6th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Mauritania's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 61.3 % in 2000 to 70.9 % in 2020.
Mauritania's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 13.6 % in 1990 to 36.0 % in 2020.
Mauritania's tertiary enrolment rose from 3.1 % in 1989 to 6.0 % in 2020.
Mauritania's children out of school, primary rose from 194,230 in 1985 to 291,098 in 2024.
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- Primary completion rateup +7.1 pts120th of 134*
- Tertiary attainmentup +2.6 pts78th of 92*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −2.0 pts105th of 108*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs186th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.5 yrs132nd of 145
- Learning poverty1st of 1*
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- Education spendingup +2.9 pts4th of 40
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +13.0 pts1st of 99
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −5.7 %71st of 90
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