Primary net enrolment in Mauritania
In Mauritania, 88.7% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1985.
Mauritania, 2024
88.7%
Change from 2020
+14.1percentage points
Primary net enrolment in Mauritania over time
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% of children of primary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Mauritania |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 88.7% |
| 2020 | 74.6% |
| 2019 | 69.1% |
| 2018 | 72.5% |
| 2017 | 71.2% |
| 2016 | 67.3% |
| 2015 | 75.4% |
| 2014 | 72.0% |
| 2013 | 70.7% |
| 2012 | 69.1% |
| 2011 | 71.2% |
| 2010 | 71.4%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2009 | 71.2% |
| 2008 | 71.4%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2007 | 74.1% |
| 2006 | 72.4% |
| 2005 | 69.3% |
| 2004 | 70.4% |
| 2003 | 63.6% |
| 2002 | 60.9%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2001 | 62.0%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- The previous available figure was 74.6% in 2020, a change of +14.1 percentage points.
- Since 2011, when it was 71.2%, the figure has changed by +17.6 percentage points.
More for Mauritania
All statistics for Mauritania
Out-of-school children
11.3%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
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