Education in Mauritius

154 indicators covering education for Mauritius.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 71.3% 2025 down 1.3% 18th
Population ages 0-14 14.5% 2025 down 22.9% 184th
Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th
Primary school starting age 5 years 2025 unchanged 186th
School enrollment, primary 107.3% 2024 up 10.5% 48th
Primary education, teachers 6,144 2024 up 9.1% 154th
School enrollment, primary, female 107.8% 2024 up 10.2% 41st
School enrollment, primary, male 106.9% 2024 up 10.8% 51st
Labor force, total 622,328 2025 up 0.6% 157th
Labor force, female 40.6% 2025 up 5.9% 134th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2021 up 1.5% 20th
School enrollment, secondary 90.7% 2024 down 6.5% 103rd
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 4.5 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 104th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.1 per 1,000 2024 up 10.7% 109th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.9 per 1,000 2024 down 18.2% 129th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.8 per 1,000 2024 down 11.1% 131st
Secondary education, teachers 9,330 2024 down 6.9% 142nd
School enrollment, secondary, female 93.4% 2024 down 4.6% 99th
School enrollment, secondary, male 88.1% 2024 down 8.4% 109th
School enrollment, tertiary 45.8% 2024 up 14.3% 90th
School enrollment, primary, private 42.1% 2024 up 37.4% 22nd
School enrollment, preprimary 102.0% 2021 down 4.1% 22nd
School enrollment, tertiary, male 36.7% 2024 up 2.2% 91st
School enrollment, tertiary, female 55.1% 2024 up 24.7% 92nd
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.05 GPI 2021 up 0.2% 62nd
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2025 down 18.9% 143rd
Secondary education, teachers, female 6,014 2024 up 6.5% 130th
Primary completion rate, female 83.2% 2024 down 10.6% 140th
Primary completion rate, male 83.3% 2024 down 10.9% 135th
Government expenditure on education, total 4.2% 2024 down 11.8% 95th
Secondary education, general pupils 110,715 2018 down 5.0% 143rd
Lower secondary completion rate, total 83.5% 2019 up 2.8% 109th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 99.6% 2021 down 6.6% 27th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 104.3% 2021 down 1.8% 15th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 72.2% 2023 down 26.5% 139th
Government expenditure on education, total 14.2% 2024 down 32.1% 71st
Secondary education, general pupils 52.0% 2018 down 0.1% 24th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 86.4% 2019 up 0.6% 109th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 80.7% 2019 up 5.3% 106th
Children out of school 0.8% 2024 down 85.7% 158th
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th
Primary education, pupils 84,530 2024 down 19.7% 160th
Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th
Secondary education, pupils 100,395 2024 down 24.5% 153rd
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 98.3% 2020 up 0.7% 42nd
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 92.9% 2020 down 4.3% 76th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 11,709 2018 down 38.9% 123rd
Number of under-five deaths, male 101 2024 down 10.6% 147th
Number of under-five deaths, female 80 2024 down 12.1% 149th
Number of infant deaths, male 90 2024 down 10.0% 148th
Number of infant deaths, female 71 2024 down 10.1% 147th
Children out of school, female 1.3% 2023 down 73.2% 150th
Children out of school, male 2.1% 2023 down 68.5% 130th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 35.6% 2018 up 14.8% 139th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 102.9% 2018 up 2.1% 82nd
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.6% 2025 down 24.0% 81st
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 7.6% 2025 down 29.2% 65th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.3% 2025 down 19.7% 107th
Primary education, teachers 83.4% 2024 up 11.8% 68th
Repeaters, primary, total 0.0% 2018 down 99.7% 174th