School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Mauritania

Mauritania: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.05 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.05 GPI
Change on year
up 3.5%
World rank
57th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.05 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.264 GPI
in 1981
Years of data
33
1981–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Mauritania, 1981–2019

0.20.40.60.811981200020191981: 0.264 GPI1987: 0.412 GPI1988: 0.428 GPI1989: 0.438 GPI1990: 0.451 GPI1991: 0.476 GPI1992: 0.515 GPI1993: 0.51 GPI1994: 0.559 GPI1995: 0.574 GPI1996: 0.517 GPI1997: 0.541 GPI1998: 0.72 GPI1999: 0.718 GPI2000: 0.736 GPI2001: 0.769 GPI2002: 0.781 GPI2003: 0.825 GPI2004: 0.856 GPI2005: 0.876 GPI2006: 0.844 GPI2008: 0.881 GPI2009: 0.838 GPI2010: 0.852 GPI2011: 0.846 GPI2012: 0.847 GPI2013: 0.944 GPI2014: 0.914 GPI2015: 0.929 GPI2016: 0.967 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Mauritania recorded 1.05 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 25.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Mauritania peaked at 1.05 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.264 GPI, in 1981.

Mauritania ranks 57th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.3854 GPI 0.264 GPI 0.4376 GPI 4
1990s 0.5583 GPI 0.4514 GPI 0.7199 GPI 10
2000s 0.823 GPI 0.7358 GPI 0.8813 GPI 9
2010s 0.9368 GPI 0.8461 GPI 1.05 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Mauritania

  1. 54 Armenia 1.06 GPI compare
  2. 55 New Zealand 1.06 GPI compare
  3. 56 Colombia 1.05 GPI compare
  4. 58 Sri Lanka 1.05 GPI compare
  5. 59 Croatia 1.05 GPI compare
  6. 60 Barbados 1.04 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Mauritania?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Mauritania was 1.05 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
The lowest recorded value was 0.264 GPI in 1981.
How does Mauritania rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Mauritania ranks 57th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mauritania?
Over the last ten years it is up 25.6%. 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, secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 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.