School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mauritius
Mauritius: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mauritius, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mauritius stood at 1.02 GPI.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mauritius peaked at 1.05 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.9146 GPI, in 1972.
Mauritius ranks 44th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.9158 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.9146 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.9237 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.931 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 0.9337 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.9368 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 0.9409 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.9471 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 0.9526 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.968 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.9649 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 0.959 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.9577 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.9536 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.9643 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.9666 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.9747 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.9934 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.9968 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 1.01 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 1.02 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 1 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.9917 GPI | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.9799 GPI | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.9837 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.9983 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9931 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9876 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9876 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.01 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 1.01 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.01 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1.02 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 1.03 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 1.03 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.03 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.02 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.02 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.03 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1.03 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.05 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 1.04 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 1.02 GPI | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9329 GPI | 0.9146 GPI | 0.9526 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9699 GPI | 0.9536 GPI | 0.9968 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1 GPI | 0.9917 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.9995 GPI | 0.9799 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 1.05 GPI | 10 |
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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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 107.35 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 107.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mauritius?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mauritius was 1.02 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9146 GPI in 1972.
- How does Mauritius rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Mauritius ranks 44th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. 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 School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.