Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mauritius
Mauritius: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 66.7% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mauritius, 1972β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mauritius is 66.7%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mauritius peaked at 66.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13.2%, in 1972.
Mauritius ranks 74th of 134 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 13.2% | 13.2% | 13.2% | 1 |
| 1980s | 24.3% | 24.3% | 24.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 33.0% | 33.0% | 33.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 47.4% | 39.1% | 50.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 56.9% | 51.8% | 61.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.2% | 65.7% | 66.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
More education data for Mauritius
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 6,144 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 71.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 107.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0049 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mauritius?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mauritius was 66.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 66.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.2% in 1972.
- How does Mauritius rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Mauritius ranks 74th out of 134 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.7%. 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, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release