Mauritania Literacy Rate

Mauritania literacy rate for 2021 was 66.96%, a 7.43% increase from 2020.
  • Mauritania literacy rate for 2020 was 59.53%, a 5.58% decline from 2015.
  • Mauritania literacy rate for 2015 was 65.11%, a 3.11% increase from 2013.
  • Mauritania literacy rate for 2013 was 62.00%, a 16.5% increase from 2007.
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.