School life expectancy, primary, female in Mauritius
Mauritius: School life expectancy, primary, female was 6.62 years in 2024. βΌ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, female in Mauritius, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, female in Mauritius is 6.62 years, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in Mauritius peaked at 6.88 years in 1982 and was at its lowest, 5.69 years, in 2020.
That places Mauritius 43rd out of 212 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.44 years | 6.35 years | 6.54 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.55 years | 6.18 years | 6.88 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.23 years | 6.15 years | 6.35 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.09 years | 6.02 years | 6.21 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.86 years | 5.73 years | 6.05 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.22 years | 5.69 years | 6.62 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
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 life expectancy, primary, female in Mauritius?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in Mauritius was 6.62 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 6.88 years in 1982.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.69 years in 2020.
- How does Mauritius rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- Mauritius ranks 43rd out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. 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 life expectancy, primary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release