Literacy rate vs. GDP per capita in Mauritius
Mauritius: Literacy rate vs. GDP per capita was 94.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate vs. GDP per capita in Mauritius, 1990–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for literacy rate vs. gdp per capita in Mauritius is 94.3%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate vs. gdp per capita in Mauritius peaked at 94.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 79.9%, in 1990.
Mauritius ranks 39th of 89 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 79.9% | 79.9% | 79.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 84.3% | 84.3% | 84.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 91.8% | 89.2% | 93.2% | 6 |
| 2020s | 93.6% | 93.0% | 94.3% | 2 |
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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 literacy rate vs. gdp per capita in Mauritius?
- Literacy rate vs. gdp per capita in Mauritius was 94.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest literacy rate vs. gdp per capita recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 94.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest literacy rate vs. gdp per capita recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.9% in 1990.
- How does Mauritius rank for literacy rate vs. gdp per capita?
- Mauritius ranks 39th out of 89 countries with data for 2023.
- Is literacy rate vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. 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 Literacy rate vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of the population aged 15 years and older who can read and write.