Lower secondary completion in Mauritania

In Mauritania, 37.1% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2015.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2007 to 2015 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Mauritania is for 2015. Most countries have figures for 2019.
Mauritania, 2015 37.1% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2011 +7.2percentage points 2011: 29.9%

Lower secondary completion in Mauritania over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2007 to 2015
Period Mauritania
2015 37.1%
2011 29.9%
2007 28.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 29.9% in 2011, a change of +7.2 percentage points.
  • Since 2007, when it was 28.6%, the figure has changed by +8.6 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2007 to 2015 for Mauritania
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org