Mauritania vs Morocco: Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index
Mauritania
0.9549 index
in 2025
Morocco
0.9642 index
in 2025
Mauritania rank
144th
Morocco rank
143rd
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Mauritania
- Morocco
How they compare
Morocco currently reports 0.9642 index against 0.9549 index in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0093 index.
Across all 45 years both countries report, Morocco has been ahead every year.
Mauritania ranks 144th and Morocco ranks 143rd of 164 countries.
Morocco has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Morocco | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2963 index | 0.6633 index | 0.367 index | Morocco |
| 1990s | 0.4654 index | 0.7625 index | 0.2971 index | Morocco |
| 2000s | 0.6672 index | 0.8148 index | 0.1476 index | Morocco |
| 2010s | 0.7889 index | 0.8823 index | 0.0933 index | Morocco |
| 2020s | 0.9221 index | 0.9475 index | 0.0254 index | Morocco |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index, Mauritania or Morocco?
- Morocco, at 0.9642 index against 0.9549 index in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index between Mauritania and Morocco?
- 0.0093 index, with Morocco ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Morocco?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Morocco rank globally for lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Mauritania ranks 144th and Morocco ranks 143rd of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal lower secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.