School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Mauritania

Mauritania: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 1.06 GPI in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
1.06 GPI
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
6th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.06 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.8142 GPI
in 1995
Years of data
23
1995–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Mauritania, 1995–2019

00.250.50.7511995200720191995: 0.814 GPI1998: 0.923 GPI1999: 0.944 GPI2000: 0.944 GPI2001: 0.942 GPI2002: 0.959 GPI2003: 0.978 GPI2004: 0.989 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1.1 GPI2017: 1.1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Mauritania recorded 1.06 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in 2019. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Mauritania peaked at 1.06 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8142 GPI, in 1995.

Mauritania ranks 6th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8938 GPI 0.8142 GPI 0.944 GPI 3
2000s 0.9888 GPI 0.9417 GPI 1.02 GPI 10
2010s 1.04 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.06 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Mauritania

  1. 3 Gambia 1.11 GPI compare
  2. 4 Kiribati 1.08 GPI compare
  3. 5 San Marino 1.07 GPI compare
  4. 7 Congo 1.06 GPI compare
  5. 8 Bhutan 1.06 GPI compare
  6. 9 Burundi 1.05 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 233 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Mauritania?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Mauritania was 1.06 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Mauritania?
The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Mauritania?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8142 GPI in 1995.
How does Mauritania rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Mauritania ranks 6th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Mauritania?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mauritania data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.