School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mauritania

Mauritania: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.07 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.07 GPI
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
9th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.07 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.394 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
45
1971–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mauritania, 1971–2019

00.250.50.7511971199520191971: 0.394 GPI1972: 0.396 GPI1976: 0.574 GPI1977: 0.501 GPI1978: 0.534 GPI1979: 0.573 GPI1981: 0.562 GPI1982: 0.64 GPI1983: 0.659 GPI1984: 0.677 GPI1985: 0.683 GPI1986: 0.684 GPI1987: 0.679 GPI1988: 0.714 GPI1989: 0.714 GPI1990: 0.731 GPI1991: 0.752 GPI1992: 0.779 GPI1993: 0.822 GPI1994: 0.829 GPI1995: 0.84 GPI1996: 0.867 GPI1997: 0.913 GPI1998: 0.941 GPI1999: 0.968 GPI2000: 0.969 GPI2001: 0.96 GPI2002: 0.984 GPI2003: 0.999 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1.1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1.1 GPI2012: 1.1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1.1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1.1 GPI2017: 1.1 GPI2018: 1.1 GPI2019: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mauritania is 1.07 GPI, measured in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mauritania peaked at 1.07 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.394 GPI, in 1971.

Mauritania ranks 9th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mauritania, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Mauritania, 1971 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.394 GPI —
1972 0.3961 GPI +0.5%
1976 0.5738 GPI +44.9%
1977 0.5015 GPI -12.6%
1978 0.5344 GPI +6.6%
1979 0.5727 GPI +7.2%
1981 0.5619 GPI -1.9%
1982 0.6401 GPI +13.9%
1983 0.6591 GPI +3.0%
1984 0.6773 GPI +2.8%
1985 0.6827 GPI +0.8%
1986 0.6835 GPI +0.1%
1987 0.6791 GPI -0.6%
1988 0.7137 GPI +5.1%
1989 0.7136 GPI -0.0%
1990 0.7308 GPI +2.4%
1991 0.7517 GPI +2.9%
1992 0.7793 GPI +3.7%
1993 0.8215 GPI +5.4%
1994 0.8289 GPI +0.9%
1995 0.8398 GPI +1.3%
1996 0.8669 GPI +3.2%
1997 0.9132 GPI +5.3%
1998 0.9415 GPI +3.1%
1999 0.9684 GPI +2.9%
2000 0.969 GPI +0.1%
2001 0.9599 GPI -0.9%
2002 0.9838 GPI +2.5%
2003 0.9994 GPI +1.6%
2004 1.01 GPI +1.0%
2005 1.03 GPI +2.3%
2006 1.03 GPI -0.7%
2007 1.03 GPI +0.6%
2008 1.04 GPI +1.2%
2009 1.05 GPI +0.6%
2010 1.05 GPI -0.4%
2011 1.06 GPI +0.8%
2012 1.05 GPI -0.3%
2013 1.05 GPI -0.3%
2014 1.06 GPI +0.7%
2015 1.05 GPI -0.7%
2016 1.06 GPI +1.3%
2017 1.07 GPI +0.5%
2018 1.06 GPI -0.6%
2019 1.07 GPI +0.5%

Mauritania compared with similar countries

  • Mauritania's 1.07 GPI is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9784 GPI, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Mauritania's 1.07 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9648 GPI, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mauritania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1976 +44.9% 0.3961 GPI 0.5738 GPI

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4954 GPI 0.394 GPI 0.5738 GPI 6
1980s 0.6679 GPI 0.5619 GPI 0.7137 GPI 9
1990s 0.8442 GPI 0.7308 GPI 0.9684 GPI 10
2000s 1.01 GPI 0.9599 GPI 1.05 GPI 10
2010s 1.06 GPI 1.05 GPI 1.07 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Mauritania

  1. 6 Bangladesh 1.07 GPI compare
  2. 7 Congo 1.07 GPI compare
  3. 8 Kiribati 1.07 GPI compare
  4. 10 Seychelles 1.05 GPI compare
  5. 11 Hong Kong 1.05 GPI compare
  6. 12 Iran 1.04 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 197 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mauritania?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mauritania was 1.07 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
The lowest recorded value was 0.394 GPI in 1971.
How does Mauritania rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Mauritania ranks 9th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mauritania?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. 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, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
197 places, 7,121 data points, 1970–2020
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.