School life expectancy, primary, male in Mauritius
Mauritius: School life expectancy, primary, male was 6.98 years in 2024. βΌ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, male in Mauritius, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 6.98 years for school life expectancy, primary, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
The figure is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in Mauritius peaked at 6.98 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.64 years, in 2020.
That places Mauritius 30th out of 209 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 | 6.34 years | 6.22 years | 6.46 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.33 years | 5.94 years | 6.69 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.05 years | 5.95 years | 6.17 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.12 years | 6.02 years | 6.23 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.81 years | 5.68 years | 6.02 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.26 years | 5.64 years | 6.98 years | 4 |
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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, male in Mauritius?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in Mauritius was 6.98 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 6.98 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.64 years in 2020.
- How does Mauritius rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- Mauritius ranks 30th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release