Mauritania vs Papua New Guinea: Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index
Mauritania
0.8774 index
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.9086 index
in 2025
Mauritania rank
141st
Papua New Guinea rank
138th
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Mauritania
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.9086 index against 0.8774 index in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0312 index.
Across all 45 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Mauritania ranks 141st and Papua New Guinea ranks 138th of 164 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2039 index | 0.3771 index | 0.1732 index | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.2501 index | 0.4609 index | 0.2108 index | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.4558 index | 0.6787 index | 0.2229 index | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.6207 index | 0.7489 index | 0.1282 index | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.8264 index | 0.8751 index | 0.0487 index | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index, Mauritania or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.9086 index against 0.8774 index in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index between Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0312 index, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Papua New Guinea rank globally for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index?
- Mauritania ranks 141st and Papua New Guinea ranks 138th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Upper secondary completion rate, 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 upper secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.