Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania
Mauritania: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 1.03 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 1.03 index for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania peaked at 1.05 index in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3872 index, in 1971.
Mauritania ranks 20th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.3872 index | — |
| 1972 | 0.3892 index | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.5642 index | +45.0% |
| 1977 | 0.4931 index | -12.6% |
| 1978 | 0.5256 index | +6.6% |
| 1979 | 0.5635 index | +7.2% |
| 1981 | 0.5543 index | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 0.6317 index | +14.0% |
| 1983 | 0.6508 index | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 0.669 index | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 0.6745 index | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.6755 index | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.6709 index | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7047 index | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 0.704 index | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.7205 index | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 0.7408 index | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 0.7676 index | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 0.8088 index | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 0.8186 index | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 0.8274 index | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8532 index | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8981 index | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 0.9264 index | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 0.9523 index | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 0.9521 index | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9428 index | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9667 index | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9822 index | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.9922 index | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 1.02 index | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 1.01 index | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 1.02 index | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 1.03 index | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 1.02 index | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 1 index | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 1 index | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.993 index | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9867 index | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 1 index | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 1.01 index | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.03 index | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 1.04 index | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 1.04 index | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.05 index | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.9853 index | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9943 index | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 1.03 index | +3.7% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 1.03 index is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9807 index, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 1.03 index is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9709 index, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +45.0% | 0.3892 index | 0.5642 index |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4872 index | 0.3872 index | 0.5642 index | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.6595 index | 0.5543 index | 0.7047 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.8314 index | 0.7205 index | 0.9523 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9925 index | 0.9428 index | 1.03 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 index | 0.9867 index | 1.05 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 index | 0.9853 index | 1.03 index | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 17 Cote d'Ivoire 1.03 index compare
- 18 Aruba 1.03 index compare
- 19 Argentina 1.03 index compare
- 21 Burkina Faso 1.03 index compare
- 22 British Virgin Islands 1.03 index compare
- 23 Gibraltar 1.03 index compare
More health data for Mauritania
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.8878 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 653 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 1,563 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.077 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritania was 1.03 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 index in 2019.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3872 index in 1971.
- How does Mauritania rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Mauritania ranks 20th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.