Mauritania

Adult literacy in Mauritania

Adult literacy in Mauritania: 51.2% in 2000 and 59.5% in 2020, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2020
59.5%
Since 2000
+8.3 percentage points
World, 2020
87%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in MauritaniaAdult literacy in Mauritania: 51.2% in 2000 and 59.5% in 2020, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 65.1% in 2015, the lowest 51.2% in 2000.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 65.1% in 2015, the lowest 51.2% in 2000.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearMauritaniaWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
202059.587
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
201565.186
2014–85.6
201362.185.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
200051.281.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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