Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Mauritania

Gross tertiary enrolment in Mauritania was 6.0% in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1978.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1978 to 2020 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Mauritania is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Mauritania, 2020 6.0% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2019 +0.1percentage points 2019: 5.9%
World, 2020 39.7% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Mauritania over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period MauritaniaWorld
2024 – 43.6%
2023 – 43.2%
2022 – 42.0%
2021 – 41.1%
2020 6.0% 39.7%
2019 5.9% 38.7%
2018 5.1% 37.9%
2017 5.2% 37.5%
2016 5.6% 37.1%
2015 5.9% 36.6%
2014 – 35.6%
2013 5.8% 33.1%
2012 5.5% 32.3%
2011 5.1% 31.1%
2010 4.7% 29.6%
2009 4.1% 28.3%
2008 4.1% 27.4%
2007 4.0% 26.3%
2006 3.5% 25.7%
2005 3.1% 24.3%
2004 3.3% 23.6%
2003 3.3% 22.8%
2002 3.1% 21.6%
2001 3.5% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 5.9% in 2019.
  • Since 2009, when it was 4.1%, the figure has changed by +1.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2020 was 39.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1978 to 2020 for Mauritania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics