Mauritania - Primary completion rate

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Mauritania was 80.37 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 80.37 in 2019, while its lowest value was 5.25 in 1977.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1976 5.56
1977 5.25
1978 6.04
1979 9.17
1981 15.85
1985 21.47
1986 24.07
1987 22.28
1988 28.20
1989 25.06
1990 21.08
1991 25.26
1992 24.59
1993 27.02
1994 26.46
1995 27.11
1996 28.76
1997 32.64
1998 38.95
1999 40.80
2001 42.00
2002 41.00
2005 42.81
2006 44.01
2007 56.29
2009 70.90
2012 71.02
2013 73.75
2014 70.98
2015 72.49
2017 72.09
2018 79.69
2019 80.37

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Mauritania was 65.65 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 72.52 in 2018, while its lowest value was 14.56 in 1976.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1976 14.56
1977 15.19
1978 17.51
1979 22.06
1981 34.07
1985 37.70
1986 39.71
1987 42.95
1988 47.83
1989 42.62
1990 35.86
1991 38.79
1992 37.13
1993 37.50
1994 37.12
1995 38.21
1996 38.13
1997 42.65
1998 47.06
1999 47.66
2001 47.44
2002 44.52
2005 44.11
2006 45.24
2007 56.40
2009 67.59
2012 69.87
2013 71.53
2014 68.42
2015 68.36
2017 67.40
2018 72.52
2019 65.65

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Mauritania was 72.91 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 76.06 in 2018, while its lowest value was 10.12 in 1976.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1976 10.12
1977 10.28
1978 11.85
1979 15.70
1980 18.78
1981 25.08
1983 28.80
1985 29.68
1986 31.98
1987 32.74
1988 38.14
1989 33.95
1990 28.56
1991 32.11
1992 30.94
1993 32.33
1994 31.86
1995 32.74
1996 33.52
1997 37.72
1998 43.06
1999 44.28
2001 44.76
2002 42.79
2005 43.47
2006 44.63
2007 56.35
2009 69.22
2012 70.44
2013 72.62
2014 69.68
2015 70.39
2017 69.71
2018 76.06
2019 72.91

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes