Education spending in Mauritania
Government spending on education in Mauritania was equal to 7.6% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1997.
Mauritania, 2024
7.6%
Change from 2023
+2.9percentage points
World, 2023
3.6%
Education spending in Mauritania over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Mauritania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.6% | – |
| 2023 | 4.7% | 3.6% |
| 2022 | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| 2021 | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| 2020 | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| 2019 | 1.8% | 4.2% |
| 2018 | – | 4.2% |
| 2017 | – | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | 4.2% |
| 2014 | 2.6% | 4.2% |
| 2013 | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| 2012 | 2.2% | 4.0% |
| 2011 | 2.3% | 4.1% |
| 2010 | – | 4.2% |
| 2009 | – | 4.7% |
| 2008 | – | 4.2% |
| 2007 | – | 4.0% |
| 2006 | 2.0% | 4.0% |
| 2005 | – | 4.0% |
| 2004 | 2.0% | 3.9% |
| 2003 | 2.4% | 4.1% |
| 2002 | 2.3% | 3.9% |
| 2001 | 2.1% | 3.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.9 percentage points from 4.7% in 2023.
- Since 2012, when it was 2.2%, the figure has changed by +5.5 percentage points.
More for Mauritania
All statistics for Mauritania
Tertiary education enrolment (gross)
6.0%
2020 · World Bank
Primary school enrolment (gross)
105.4%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
36.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
57.9%
2015 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
37.1%
2015 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
15.1%
2015 · UNESCO UIS