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Mauritania: Lower secondary completion rate, total

49.76percent · 2020+146.0% since 2006

Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education. Annual figures for Mauritania from 1978 to 2020.

19782020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202049.762
201943.849
201840.494
201735.569
201629.138
201532.292
201429.636
201220.224
200916.266
200716.842
200620.232
200517.785
200416.675
200316.772
200216.499
200117.339
199913.89
199513.138
199411.611
199311.281
199211.746
199111.279
198911.927
198813.386
198712.986
198611.997
198512.712
198310.657
19818.51
19807.656
19796.319
19785.489

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