Education in Mauritius

154 indicators covering education for Mauritius.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 90.2% 2023 down 8.7% 92nd
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 9 2024 down 43.8% 162nd
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 13 2024 down 38.1% 160th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 52 2024 down 5.5% 153rd
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 84 2024 down 13.4% 151st
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 103.2% 2018 up 1.1% 79th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 102.6% 2018 up 3.1% 84th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.1% 2100 down 32.7% 139th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 1,200 people 2100 down 36.8% 171st
Population by level of education 297,800 people 2100 up 5.1% 165th
Repeaters, primary, female 0.0% 2018 down 99.8% 171st
Repeaters, primary, male 0.0% 2018 down 99.7% 171st
School enrollment, secondary, private 56.4% 2024 down 5.4% 12th
School enrollment, primary 94.8% 2018 down 1.9% 77th
Trained teachers in primary education 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Over-age students, primary 2.8% 2018 down 55.3% 127th
Secondary education, teachers 64.5% 2024 up 14.4% 68th
School enrollment, primary, female 97.2% 2013 up 2.2% 28th
School enrollment, primary, male 94.9% 2013 up 1.3% 55th
Over-age students, primary, male 2.9% 2018 down 58.2% 136th
Over-age students, primary, female 2.7% 2018 down 51.5% 124th
Compulsory education, duration 12 years 2025 up 9.1% 33rd
Progression to secondary school 99.4% 2017 up 16.3% 39th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 95.0% 2018 down 1.7% 102nd
Trained teachers in primary education, female 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Trained teachers in primary education, male 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Primary education, pupils 49.7% 2018 up 1.5% 20th
Tertiary education, academic staff 39.2% 2024 100th
Persistence to grade 5, female 99.0% 2020 up 0.4% 26th
Persistence to grade 5, male 93.7% 2020 down 4.9% 68th
School enrollment, secondary 84.3% 2018 up 6.2% 70th
Preprimary education, duration 3 years 2025 unchanged 104th
Progression to secondary school, male 100.0% 2017 up 22.5% 1st
School enrollment, secondary, female 87.1% 2018 up 9.1% 59th
School enrollment, secondary, male 81.7% 2018 up 3.4% 72nd
Progression to secondary school, female 98.8% 2017 up 10.6% 56th
Expenditure on tertiary education 6.4% 2018 down 37.1% 150th
Literacy rate, youth female 100.0% 2023 up 1.4% 1st
Children out of school, primary 618.43 2024 down 89.6% 167th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 97.3% 2013 up 2.3% 49th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 94.9% 2013 up 1.3% 82nd
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 1 GPI 2023 down 0.8% 22nd
Literacy rate, youth male 99.8% 2023 up 2.2% 11th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 16.2 2018 down 25.2% 125th
Literacy rate, youth total 99.8% 2023 up 1.7% 8th
Expenditure on secondary education 62.7% 2018 up 29.0% 3rd
Expenditure on primary education 22.8% 2018 down 19.6% 123rd
Secondary education, pupils 50.4% 2018 up 0.2% 51st
Children out of school, primary, female 527 2023 down 80.7% 155th
Children out of school, primary, male 872 2023 down 77.2% 148th
Literacy rate, adult total 94.3% 2023 up 3.1% 39th
Literacy rate, adult male 96.1% 2023 up 2.2% 37th
Trained teachers in preprimary education 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Trained teachers in secondary education 59.2% 2024 up 85.9% 94th
Adolescents out of school 13.0% 2024 down 13.2% 58th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 58.9% 2024 up 80.2% 90th
Trained teachers in secondary education, male 59.9% 2024 up 94.4% 86th
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 10.99 2018 down 31.5% 138th
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 12.38 2018 down 13.2% 131st