Duration of compulsory education in Mauritius
Mauritius: Duration of compulsory education was 12 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Duration of compulsory education in Mauritius, 1998–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 12 years for duration of compulsory education in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, duration of compulsory education in Mauritius peaked at 12 years in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6 years, in 1998.
Mauritius ranks 33rd of 205 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 9 years | 6 years | 11 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 11 years | 11 years | 11 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.67 years | 11 years | 12 years | 6 |
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More education data for Mauritius
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 71.3% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 107.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 6,144 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.23 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 107.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is duration of compulsory education in Mauritius?
- Duration of compulsory education in Mauritius was 12 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest duration of compulsory education recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 12 years in 2022.
- What is the lowest duration of compulsory education recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 years in 1998.
- How does Mauritius rank for duration of compulsory education?
- Mauritius ranks 33rd out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is duration of compulsory education rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Duration of compulsory education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The number of years of compulsory education is based on students starting at the earliest entrance age, studying full-time, and advancing without grade repetition or skipping.