Qualified primary teachers in Mauritania

In Mauritania, 96.9% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2019.

Measure: Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education Unit: % of primary teachers Data: 2004 to 2019 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Mauritania is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Mauritania, 2019 96.9% % of primary teachers
Change from 2018 +5.7percentage points 2018: 91.2%

Qualified primary teachers in Mauritania over time

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% of primary teachers. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education (% of primary teachers), 2004 to 2019
Period Mauritania
2019 96.9%
2018 91.2%
2017 87.2%
2014 91.2%
2012 100.0%
2011 100.0%
2010 100.0%
2009 100.0%
2008 100.0%
2007 100.0%
2006 100.0%
2005 100.0%
2004 100.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +5.7 percentage points from 91.2% in 2018.
  • Since 2006, when it was 100.0%, the figure has changed by −3.1 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
TRTP.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2004 to 2019 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