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Mauritania: Over-age students, primary

20.34percent · 2018+11.4% since 2006

Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education. Annual figures for Mauritania from 1985 to 2018.

19852018

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201820.339
201719.487
201618.559
201422.678
201323.938
201125.428
201026.526
200925.148
200819.924
200719.924
200618.262
200520.643
200419.342
200319.947
200222.021
200122.205
200026.579
199926.579
199825.276
199623.805
199524.654
199429.853
198527.047

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Over-age students, primary. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-over-age-students-primary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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