Pupil to teacher ratio in primary education rose 4.17% to 35.8 persons in Mauritania in 2015, according to World Bank.
Historically, pupil to teacher ratio in primary education in Mauritania reached an all time high of 52.9 persons in 1994 and an all time low of 22.0 persons in 1972. When compared to Mauritania's main peers, pupil to teacher ratio in primary education in Algeria amounted to 23.8 persons, 42.7 persons in Mali, 25.9 persons in Morocco and 32.1 persons in Senegal in 2015.
Mauritania has been ranked 25th within the group of 126 countries we follow in terms of pupil to teacher ratio in primary education, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Pupil to Teacher Ratio (Primary Education) | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Algeria | persons | ... | 23.2 | 23.3 | 23.7 | 23.8 | 24.2 | |||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | persons | 48.2 | 46.1 | 44.5 | 42.2 | 41.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | persons | 33.9 | 36.1 | 44.7 | 37.1 | 42.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | persons | 43.6 | 44.2 | 45.6 | ... | 47.1 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Libya | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Mali | persons | 49.4 | 41.3 | 42.5 | 42.7 | 39.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | persons | 40.1 | 35.4 | 34.4 | 35.8 | 36.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | persons | 25.8 | 26.0 | 25.7 | 25.9 | 26.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | persons | 38.8 | 36.3 | 35.8 | 36.6 | 36.3 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Senegal | persons | 32.7 | 32.2 | 32.2 | 32.1 | 31.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | persons | 12.6 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.0 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | persons | 17.1 | 17.4 | 16.5 | 15.8 | 16.2 |
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