School life expectancy, primary, female in Mauritania
Mauritania: School life expectancy, primary, female was 6.44 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in Mauritania, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 6.44 years for school life expectancy, primary, female in 2019.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in Mauritania peaked at 6.6 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.5612 years, in 1971.
Mauritania ranks 64th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9997 years | 0.5612 years | 1.46 years | 6 |
| 1980s | 2.08 years | 1.49 years | 2.46 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 3.74 years | 2.33 years | 5.06 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.64 years | 4.98 years | 6.27 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.34 years | 6.16 years | 6.6 years | 10 |
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- Civil liberties rating 5 (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in Mauritania?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in Mauritania was 6.44 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 6.6 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5612 years in 1971.
- How does Mauritania rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- Mauritania ranks 64th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. 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, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.