Share of primary school teachers who are women in Mauritius
Mauritius: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 83.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Mauritius, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of primary school teachers who are women in Mauritius stood at 83.4%. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.1% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Mauritius peaked at 83.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 40.3%, in 1971.
Mauritius ranks 73rd of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 41.5% | 40.3% | 43.4% | 9 |
| 1980s | 43.0% | 42.4% | 43.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.6% | 44.6% | 53.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 61.7% | 55.1% | 68.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.9% | 69.8% | 80.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.2% | 79.4% | 83.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
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 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 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 share of primary school teachers who are women in Mauritius?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Mauritius was 83.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 83.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.3% in 1971.
- How does Mauritius rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Mauritius ranks 73rd out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. 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 Share of primary school teachers who are women. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female teachers among all teachers at the primary education level during a given school year.