School age population, early childhood educational development in Mauritius
Mauritius: School age population, early childhood educational development was 12,197 in 2025. ▼ Falling
School age population, early childhood educational development in Mauritius, 2013–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 12,197 for school age population, early childhood educational development in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 5.0% on the previous year and down 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development in Mauritius peaked at 15,120 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 12,197, in 2025.
Mauritius ranks 85th of 102 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 13,856 | 12,666 | 15,120 | 7 |
| 2020s | 12,769 | 12,197 | 12,974 | 5 |
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- 82 Cyprus 31,309 compare
- 83 Montenegro 14,484 compare
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- 86 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 11,700
- 87 Barbados 9,368 compare
- 88 Curaçao, Kingdom of the Netherlands 4,193 compare
More education data for Mauritius
- 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 6,144 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.23 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 107.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood educational development in Mauritius?
- School age population, early childhood educational development in Mauritius was 12,197 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 15,120 in 2013.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,197 in 2025.
- How does Mauritius rank for school age population, early childhood educational development?
- Mauritius ranks 85th out of 102 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, early childhood educational development rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release