School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritius
Mauritius: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.09 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritius, 1971–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 1.09 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2017. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritius peaked at 1.09 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.9032 GPI, in 1972.
Mauritius ranks 29th of 175 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.9047 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.9032 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.9126 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.9202 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 0.9244 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.9264 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.9332 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.9407 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 0.9471 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 0.9639 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 0.9613 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 0.9547 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.9553 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.9505 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.9619 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 0.9637 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.972 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.9879 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 0.9915 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.9985 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.983 GPI | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.9739 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.9994 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9971 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9883 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.9862 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9911 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1.01 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 1.03 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 1.03 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 1.04 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 1.05 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 1.06 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.07 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1.05 GPI | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 1.04 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.06 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 1.07 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.09 GPI | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9236 GPI | 0.9032 GPI | 0.9471 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9663 GPI | 0.9505 GPI | 0.9915 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9907 GPI | 0.983 GPI | 0.9985 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.01 GPI | 0.9739 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.06 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 1.09 GPI | 8 |
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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 to tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritius?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritius was 1.09 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9032 GPI in 1972.
- How does Mauritius rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Mauritius ranks 29th out of 175 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. 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, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, 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.