Education > High school Stats: compare key data on Mauritania & United States

Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for secondary level enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
Lower Secondary > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for lower secondary (middle school) education.
Lower secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the lower secondary (middle school) level.
Lower secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin lower secondary (middle school) education.
Population with at least high school education > Men: Gender Inequality Index.
Population with at least high school education > Women: Population with at least high school education > Women.
Private school share: Percentage of secondary students who attend a private school.
Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to secondary education.
Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for all levels of secondary education.
Upper Secondary > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for upper secondary (high school) education.
Upper secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the upper secondary (high school) level.
Upper secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin upper secondary (high school) education.

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STAT	Mauritania	United States
Gender parity index	0.84 Ranked 87th.	1.01 Ranked 68th. 20% more than Mauritania
Gender ratio	88.64 Ranked 112th.	99.5 Ranked 59th. 12% more than Mauritania
Lower Secondary > Students per teacher	39.67 Ranked 5th. 3 times more than United States	14.52 Ranked 47th.
Lower secondary school duration	4 Ranked 51st. 33% more than United States	3 Ranked 105th.
Lower secondary starting age	12 Ranked 95th. The same as United States	12 Ranked 61st.
Population with at least high school education > Men	20.8% Ranked 138th.	94.3% Ranked 22nd. 5 times more than Mauritania
Population with at least high school education > Women	8% Ranked 145th.	94.7% Ranked 14th. 12 times more than Mauritania
Private school share	24.99% Ranked 20th. 3 times more than United States	8.27% Ranked 86th.
Share of total education spending	21.11% Ranked 45th.	35.42% Ranked 52nd. 68% more than Mauritania
Students per teacher	26.58 Ranked 20th. 83% more than United States	14.49 Ranked 57th.
Upper Secondary > Students per teacher	24.22 Ranked 13th. 68% more than United States	14.46 Ranked 37th.
Upper secondary school duration	3 Ranked 99th. The same as United States	3 Ranked 73th.
Upper secondary starting age	16 Ranked 36th. 7% more than United States	15 Ranked 90th.

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