Burkina Faso vs Mauritania: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Burkina Faso
1.03 index
in 2024
Mauritania
1.03 index
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
21st
Mauritania rank
20th
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Burkina Faso
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 1.03 index against 1.03 index in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0 index.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 21st and Mauritania ranks 20th of 215 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 2 and Mauritania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5844 index | 0.4872 index | 0.0972 index | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 0.5939 index | 0.6595 index | 0.0656 index | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 0.6553 index | 0.824 index | 0.1687 index | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 0.7846 index | 0.9925 index | 0.2079 index | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 0.958 index | 1.02 index | 0.0574 index | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 1.02 index | 1 index | 0.0202 index | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index, Burkina Faso or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 1.03 index against 1.03 index in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Burkina Faso and Mauritania?
- 0 index, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mauritania?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Mauritania rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Burkina Faso ranks 21st and Mauritania ranks 20th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.