Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mauritius
Mauritius: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 51.1% in 2022. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mauritius, 1990β2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 51.1% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2022. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mauritius peaked at 51.1% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 20.4%, in 2000.
Mauritius ranks 81st of 142 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.8% | 25.8% | 25.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 33.4% | 20.4% | 40.3% | 3 |
| 2010s | 46.4% | 42.0% | 49.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 51.1% | 51.1% | 51.1% | 1 |
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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 upper secondary education or in Mauritius?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mauritius was 51.1% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 51.1% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.4% in 2000.
- How does Mauritius rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Mauritius ranks 81st out of 142 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. 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 upper 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