School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritius
Mauritius: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.4 GPI in 2017. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritius, 1970–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 1.4 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2017. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.7% on the previous year and up 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritius peaked at 1.4 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0493 GPI, in 1970.
That places Mauritius 49th out of 177 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2243 GPI | 0.0493 GPI | 0.3734 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4863 GPI | 0.3456 GPI | 0.646 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8022 GPI | 0.5957 GPI | 0.9987 GPI | 6 |
| 2000s | 1.06 GPI | 0.8542 GPI | 1.24 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.29 GPI | 1.21 GPI | 1.4 GPI | 8 |
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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, tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritius?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Mauritius was 1.4 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0493 GPI in 1970.
- How does Mauritius rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Mauritius ranks 49th out of 177 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, 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.