Mauritania - Labor Force





Mauritania: Labor Force

Mnemonic LBF.IMRT
Unit #
Annual 3.12 %
Data 2016 1,272,887
2015 1,234,390

Series Information

Source The World Bank
Release Education Statistics
Frequency Annual
Start Date 12/31/1990
End Date 12/31/2016

Mauritania: Labor

Reference Last Previous Units Frequency
Unemployment Rate 2017 9.88 9.84 % of total labor force Annual
Labor Force 2016 1,272,887 1,234,390 # Annual
Total Employment 2011 771,570 748,758 ages 15+ Annual

Release Information

The World Bank Education Statistics Database analyzes education data on over 4,000 indicators. The database holds internationally-comparable data on over 200 countries and various regional and income group aggregates.

The indicators are organized by category:

  • The Pre-Primary, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Expenditures, and Teacher categories have data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
  • The Learning Outcomes category holds data from international and regional learning assessments including TIMSS, PIRLS, PISA, and SACMEQ.
  • The Population, Labor, and Other categories hold background data from The World Bank, ILO, and other sources.