Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Mauritania

Mauritania: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education was 69.8% in 2010. ▼ Falling

Latest (2010)
69.8%
World rank
49th
of 144 countries
All-time high
86.3%
in 1960
All-time low
69.8%
in 2010
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Mauritania, 1960–2010

0204060801960198520101960: 86.31965: 86.31970: 86.31975: 71.31980: 71.31985: 71.31990: 71.31995: 71.32000: 71.22005: 70.22010: 69.8

Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.

Analysis

Mauritania recorded 69.8% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Mauritania peaked at 86.3% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 69.8%, in 2010.

That places Mauritania 49th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Mauritania, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Mauritania, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 86.3%
1965 86.3% -0.0%
1970 86.3% +0.0%
1975 71.3% -17.4%
1980 71.3% -0.0%
1985 71.3% +0.0%
1990 71.3% +0.0%
1995 71.3% -0.1%
2000 71.2% -0.0%
2005 70.2% -1.4%
2010 69.8% -0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 86.3% 86.3% 86.3% 2
1970s 78.8% 71.3% 86.3% 2
1980s 71.3% 71.3% 71.3% 2
1990s 71.3% 71.3% 71.3% 2
2000s 70.7% 70.2% 71.2% 2
2010s 69.8% 69.8% 69.8% 1

Countries ranked near Mauritania

  1. 46 United Arab Emirates 73.6% compare
  2. 47 Malaysia 73.2% compare
  3. 48 Jordan 73.0% compare
  4. 50 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 67.5% compare
  5. 51 Iran, Islamic Republic of 67.1% compare
  6. 52 Bangladesh 65.2% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Mauritania?
Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Mauritania was 69.8% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education recorded in Mauritania?
The highest recorded value was 86.3% in 1960.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education recorded in Mauritania?
The lowest recorded value was 69.8% in 2010.
How does Mauritania rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education?
Mauritania ranks 49th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education rising or falling in Mauritania?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Mauritania data come from?
The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education