Youth literacy in Mauritania
In Mauritania, 70.9% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2020.
The latest value for Mauritania is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Mauritania, 2020
70.9%
Change from 2015
−10.6percentage points
Youth literacy in Mauritania over time
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Mauritania
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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Mauritania |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 70.9% |
| 2015 | 81.4% |
| 2013 | 71.0% |
| 2000 | 61.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 81.4% in 2015, a change of −10.6 percentage points.
- Since 2000, when it was 61.3%, the figure has changed by +9.5 percentage points.