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Topic 04 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Mauritius: Education & Knowledge
How far does a country's schooling carry its children?
Mauritius is placed joint 61st of 198 countries on education & knowledge in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Out-of-School Rate, Primary 0.785 (2024); Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary 92.1 (2024).
Share
Education & Knowledge
joint61st
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.785Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2024Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
- 92.1Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2024Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)
- 55.96Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2025Upper secondary completion rate (%)
- 4.575Government Spending on Education, 2023Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Mauritius on education & knowledge — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Out-of-School Rate, Primary
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Mauritius’s is from 2024 · CC BY-SA 4.0
0.785
Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
Lower is better
Mauritius: 0.785. Across the 192 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.004 (United Arab Emirates) to 65.6 (Equatorial Guinea); the world median is 3.691.
- World median
- 3.691
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 0.785 Mauritius
Key 2 of 4
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Mauritius’s is from 2024 · CC BY-SA 4.0
92.1
Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)
Higher is better
Mauritius: 92.1. Across the 187 countries at their latest reading, values run from 3.411 (Yemen) to 100 (United Arab Emirates); the world median is 85.9.
- World median
- 85.9
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 92.12 Kenya
Key 3 of 4
Upper Secondary Completion Rate
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
55.96
Upper secondary completion rate (%)
Higher is better
Mauritius: 55.96. Across the 164 countries in this edition, values run from 2.13 (South Sudan) to 99.27 (South Korea); the world median is 64.87.
- World median
- 64.87
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 55.96 Mauritius
Key 4 of 4
Government Spending on Education
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY-SA 4.0
4.575
Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
Higher is better
Mauritius: 4.575. Across the 123 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Somalia) to 16.39 (Kiribati); the world median is 3.709.
- World median
- 3.709
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 4.92 Rwanda
02Over time
Which way Mauritius is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Out-of-School Rate, Primary
Out-of-school rate, primary age (%) · lower is better
MauritiusWorld median
Mauritius rose from 0.369 in 2000 to 0.785 in 2024; the world median went from 8.642 to 3.691.
Every year’s figures
Year Mauritius World median 2024 0.785 3.691 2023 1.743 3.393 2022 — 3.002 2021 6.087 3.330 2020 3.641 2.678 2019 4.196 2.758 2018 2.431 2.439 2017 4.695 2.907 2016 5.005 2.954 2015 5.286 3.052 2014 5.508 3.904 2013 5.893 3.413 2012 7.664 3.408 2011 3.626 3.626 2010 3.104 3.491 2009 3.176 3.577 2008 2.336 3.878 2007 2.339 4.029 2006 1.830 4.338 2005 1.736 4.571 2004 1.920 3.791 2003 0.497 4.412 2002 0.543 4.144 2001 0.556 4.051 2000 0.369 8.642 Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary
Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%) · higher is better
MauritiusWorld median
Mauritius rose from 81.02 in 2000 to 92.1 in 2024; the world median went from 66.32 to 85.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Mauritius World median 2024 92.10 85.9 2023 81.11 87.6 2022 — 87.7 2021 — 87.0 2020 89.98 88.3 2019 89.21 88.8 2018 86.80 89.6 2017 85.56 87.4 2016 91.12 87.9 2015 90.27 88.2 2014 89.19 89.2 2013 91.90 88.0 2012 94.55 85.4 2011 86.36 86.2 2010 88.50 86.1 2009 89.47 84.8 2008 85.81 85.8 2007 88.64 86.7 2006 85.69 84.0 2005 88.60 82.2 2004 88.78 81.8 2003 90.44 78.3 2002 82.07 80.0 2001 82.34 80.8 2000 81.02 66.3 Upper Secondary Completion Rate
Upper secondary completion rate (%) · higher is better
MauritiusWorld median
Mauritius rose from 3.06 in 2000 to 55.96 in 2025; the world median went from 38 to 64.87.
Every year’s figures
Year Mauritius World median 2025 56.0 64.9 2024 53.8 65.0 2023 51.3 64.2 2022 48.9 63.6 2021 46.2 62.9 2020 43.9 62.2 2019 41.3 61.5 2018 38.5 60.9 2017 35.8 60.5 2016 33.0 60.1 2015 30.1 58.9 2014 27.1 57.0 2013 23.9 54.7 2012 20.6 52.4 2011 17.2 50.9 2010 13.9 49.5 2009 11.1 48.5 2008 8.9 47.4 2007 7.3 46.2 2006 6.1 45.0 2005 5.2 43.8 2004 4.6 42.9 2003 4.1 41.6 2002 3.7 40.3 2001 3.3 39.0 2000 3.1 38.0 Government Spending on Education
Government expenditure on education (% of GDP) · higher is better
MauritiusWorld median
Mauritius rose from 3.719 in 2000 to 4.575 in 2023; the world median went from 3.886 to 3.709.
Every year’s figures
Year Mauritius World median 2023 4.575 3.7092 2022 4.841 4.0570 2021 4.672 4.2611 2020 4.352 4.4056 2019 4.542 4.1407 2018 4.674 4.2159 2017 4.879 4.1401 2016 4.882 4.2342 2015 4.758 4.2386 2014 4.815 4.2005 2013 3.568 4.3493 2012 3.418 4.0348 2011 3.332 3.9987 2010 3.551 4.1396 2009 3.047 4.6638 2008 3.063 4.4226 2007 3.185 4.1717 2006 3.648 4.0593 2005 4.024 4.0557 2004 4.256 3.9745 2003 4.357 4.1595 2002 3.020 4.0173 2001 3.073 4.1002 2000 3.719 3.8861
03In context
Mauritius beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on education & knowledge, never a place within the region.
Mauritius and Eastern Africa
Mauritius has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Out-of-School Rate, PrimaryOut-of-school rate, primary age (%) | Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before PrimaryChildren one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%) | Upper Secondary Completion RateUpper secondary completion rate (%) | Government Spending on EducationGovernment expenditure on education (% of GDP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | =61st | 0.785 | 92.1 | 55.96 | 4.575 |
 Rwanda | 100th | 0.97 | 80.35 | 22.71 | 4.92 |
 Seychelles | 109th | 6.805 | 86.08 | — | 4.454 |
 Kenya | 137th | 32.9 | 92.12 | 41.64 | 3.962 |
 Mozambique | 139th | 1 | — | 8.65 | — |
 Malawi | 141st | 2.089 | — | 18.13 | — |
 Zambia | =144th | 3.515 | 46.61 | 28.03 | 4.074 |
 Madagascar | 158th | 3.401 | 65.9 | 14.61 | 3.048 |
 Tanzania | 169th | 16.37 | 67.97 | 8.67 | 3.259 |
 Ethiopia | 178th | 22.46 | 62.59 | 15.45 | 2.927 |
 Comoros | 180th | 20.65 | 40.69 | 35.9 | 2.341 |
 Zimbabwe | =190th | 10.52 | 56.5 | 8.15 | 0.385 |
 Burundi | 193rd | 20.62 | 43.95 | 10.2 | — |
 Eritrea | 194th | 40.38 | 37.79 | — | — |
 Somalia | 197th | — | — | 8.79 | 0 |
 South Sudan | 198th | 64.73 | 9.452 | 2.13 | — |
 Djibouti | not placed | — | — | 35.12 | — |
| Somaliland | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Uganda | not placed | — | — | 17.77 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Eastern Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on education & knowledge
The countries immediately above and below Mauritius in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Mauritius is ahead of the world, and behind
35 more statistics filed under education & knowledge, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median19
Statistics on which Mauritius does better than the middle country measured.
Intergenerational Persistence in EducationWorld Bank Group · 2017 · world median 0.4460.1780.446No earlier reading
Mauritius: 0.178 · world median 0.446 · Correlation between own and parents' years of schooling, born 1980–89 (0–1). World Bank Group, 2017 edition, data for 2017.
Published values in that edition run from 0.123 to 0.66; lower is better.
Position 150th of 153 · derived, 1st = worst.
Primary Completion RateUIS · 2025 · world median 97.4399.8997.43▲ Improved since 2015
Mauritius: 99.89 · world median 97.43 · Primary completion rate (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 7.94 to 100; higher is better.
Position 13th of 165 · derived.
Qualified Teachers in Primary EducationUIS · 2024 · world median 93.6610093.66No real change since 2014
Mauritius: 100 · world median 93.66 · Primary teachers with the minimum qualifications their country requires (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Youth Literacy RateUIS · 2024 · world median 98.2299.898.22No earlier reading
Mauritius: 99.8 · world median 98.22 · 15–24 year-olds who can read and write (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 36.7 to 100; higher is better.
Pupils per Qualified Teacher, PrimaryUIS · 2024 · world median 20.6713.7620.67▲ Improved since 2014
Mauritius: 13.76 · world median 20.67 · Primary pupils per qualified teacher (headcount basis). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.244 to 284.7; lower is better.
Position 75th of 92 · derived, 1st = worst.
Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · 2024 · world median 98.6610098.66▲ Improved since 2016
Mauritius: 100 · world median 98.66 · Primary schools with internet access for teaching (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Harmonized Test ScoresWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 414.32472.77414.32▲ Improved since 2010
Mauritius: 472.77 · world median 414.32 · Harmonized test score (TIMSS-equivalent points; 300 = minimum, 625 = advanced attainment). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 304.92 to 575.27; higher is better.
Position 45th of 172 · derived.
Learning-Adjusted Years of SchoolWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 7.9419.4067.941▲ Improved since 2010
Mauritius: 9.406 · world median 7.941 · Learning-adjusted years of school (0–14). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 2.207 to 12.81; higher is better.
Position 48th of 172 · derived.
Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of PrimaryUIS · 2023 · world median 43.85943.8No earlier reading
Mauritius: 59 · world median 43.8 · Pupils at the end of primary reaching minimum proficiency in mathematics (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.8 to 93.42; higher is better.
Pre-Primary Net Enrolment RateUIS · 2024 · world median 65.9378.7265.93▼ Worsened since 2014
Mauritius: 78.72 · world median 65.93 · Net enrolment rate, pre-primary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.779 to 99.85; higher is better.
Position 45th of 120 · derived.
Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of PrimaryUIS · 2023 · world median 60.0875.460.08No earlier reading
Mauritius: 75.4 · world median 60.08 · Pupils at the end of primary reaching minimum proficiency in reading (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 98.78; higher is better.
Lower Secondary Completion RateUIS · 2025 · world median 89.2193.4789.21No real change since 2015
Mauritius: 93.47 · world median 89.21 · Lower secondary completion rate (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13.73 to 100; higher is better.
Position 67th of 164 · derived.
Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.3414.1613.34▼ Worsened since 2013
Mauritius: 14.16 · world median 13.34 · Expected years of schooling. UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 5.635 to 21.69; higher is better.
Position 82nd of 195 · derived.
School Life ExpectancyUIS · 2024 · world median 14.5915.0914.59No real change since 2014
Mauritius: 15.09 · world median 14.59 · School life expectancy, primary to tertiary (years). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 7.478 to 21.01; higher is better.
Position 34th of 77 · derived.
Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.4947.0485.494▲ Improved since 2014
Mauritius: 7.048 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.
Position 34th of 75 · derived.
Mean Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 9.93310.19.933No real change since 2013
Mauritius: 10.1 · world median 9.933 · Mean years of schooling (adults 25+). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.412 to 14.3; higher is better.
Position 93rd of 193 · derived.
Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of Lower SecondaryUIS · 2023 · world median 48.949.8448.9No earlier reading
Mauritius: 49.84 · world median 48.9 · Students at the end of lower secondary reaching minimum proficiency in mathematics (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.73 to 91.73; higher is better.
Adult Literacy RateUIS · 2024 · world median 93.9994.2993.99No earlier reading
Mauritius: 94.29 · world median 93.99 · Adults 15+ who can read and write (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 26.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 85th of 172 · derived.
Gender Parity Index, Tertiary EnrolmentUIS · 2024 · world median 1.2441.3341.244▼ Worsened since 2014
Mauritius: 1.334 · world median 1.244 · Adjusted gender parity index, tertiary gross enrolment (1 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.74 to 1.83; higher is better.
Position 69th of 95 · derived.
Behind the world median10
Statistics on which Mauritius does worse than the middle country measured.
Researchers per Million InhabitantsUIS · 2024 · world median 701.95688.53701.95No earlier reading
Mauritius: 688.53 · world median 701.95 · Researchers per million inhabitants (full-time equivalent). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.446 to 18,130; higher is better.
Position 74th of 145 · derived.
Learning PovertyWorld Bank Group and UNESCO Institute for Statistics · 2023 · world median 34.0240.4634.02No earlier reading
Mauritius: 40.46 · world median 34.02 · 10-year-olds who cannot read and understand a simple text (%). World Bank Group and UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.331 to 98.5; lower is better.
Position 59th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Academic Freedom IndexV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.6190.5920.619▲ Improved since 2015
Mauritius: 0.592 · world median 0.619 · Academic freedom index (0–1). V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.019 to 0.978; higher is better.
Position 95th of 176 · derived.
Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of Lower SecondaryUIS · 2022 · world median 58.5953.3258.59No earlier reading
Mauritius: 53.32 · world median 58.59 · Students at the end of lower secondary reaching minimum proficiency in reading (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 5.043 to 88.83; higher is better.
Tertiary Enrolment RatioUIS · 2024 · world median 52.7745.7852.77No real change since 2014
Mauritius: 45.78 · world median 52.77 · Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 2.566 to 141.86; higher is better.
Position 52nd of 95 · derived.
Government Funding per Primary StudentUIS · 2022 · world median 17.8116.7917.81▲ Improved since 2012
Mauritius: 16.79 · world median 17.81 · Government funding per primary student (% of GDP per capita). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 3.771 to 34.57; higher is better.
Position 40th of 68 · derived.
Secondary School EnrolmentUIS · 2024 · world median 93.1990.7293.19▼ Worsened since 2014
Mauritius: 90.72 · world median 93.19 · Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 19.87 to 158.55; higher is better.
Position 65th of 109 · derived.
Bachelor's or Higher AttainmentUIS · 2023 · world median 19.8611.6719.86▲ Improved since 2013
Mauritius: 11.67 · world median 19.86 · Adults 25+ who completed a bachelor's degree or higher (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.135 to 52.72; higher is better.
Position 61st of 90 · derived.
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary AgeUIS · 2024 · world median 6.34312.986.343▲ Improved since 2014
Mauritius: 12.98 · world median 6.343 · Out-of-school rate, lower secondary age (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.011 to 79.71; lower is better.
Position 35th of 116 · derived, 1st = worst.
Research and Development SpendingUIS · 2023 · world median 0.8140.2390.814▼ Worsened since 2017
Mauritius: 0.239 · world median 0.814 · Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.006 to 6.346; higher is better.
Position 64th of 84 · derived.
Level with the median, or no median to compare1
Primary Schools with ElectricityUIS · 2024 · world median 100100100No real change since 2016
Mauritius: 100 · world median 100 · Primary schools with access to electricity (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.246 to 100; higher is better.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.60111.675.601No real change since 2017
Mauritius: 11.67 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
Female Share of ResearchersUIS · 2024 · world median 38.1749.7338.17No earlier reading
Mauritius: 49.73 · world median 38.17 · Researchers who are women (% of headcount; 50 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 76.54.
Female Share of STEM GraduatesUIS · 2023 · world median 35.336.1335.3Moved since 2017
Mauritius: 36.13 · world median 35.3 · STEM graduates who are women (%; 50 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.333 to 55.96.
Scholarly ArticlesOurResearch · 2025 · world median 2,2402782,240Moved since 2022
Mauritius: 278 · world median 2,240 · Articles with at least one author at an institution in the country (full counting). OpenAlex (OurResearch), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 1,094,890.
Trust in ScientistsWellcome Trust · 2020 · world median 34.3512.0534.35No real change since 2018
Mauritius: 12.05 · world median 34.35 · People aged 15+ who trust scientists in their country 'a lot' (%). Wellcome Trust, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 9.335 to 72.35.
No current reading for Mauritius
Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary (last 2022), PISA Mathematics Performance, PISA Reading Performance, PISA Science Performance, Upper Secondary Attainment (last 2022) and Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary Completion. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Education & Knowledge among Mauritius’s 16 topics
Education & Knowledge is Mauritius’s 7th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Digital & Technology20th of 1984/4 keys
- Peace & Security25th of 1774/4 keys
- Food & Agriculturejoint 34th of 1844/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation36th of 1764/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions41st of 1944/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties46th of 1984/4 keys
- Education & Knowledgejoint 61st of 1984/4 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 66th of 1934/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality61st of 1593/3 keys
- Gender & Equality72nd of 1833/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital80th of 1963/3 keys
- Mobility & Trade78th of 1774/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing122nd of 2003/4 keys
- Work & Labour114th of 1824/4 keys
- Energyjoint 110th of 1653/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 158th of 1864/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on education & knowledge
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Mauritius can most readily be measured against.
1
United Arab EmiratesWestern Asia
1st of 198 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
GreeceSouthern Europe
2nd of 198 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: User:Ggia derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
PolandEastern Europe
3rd of 198 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich) · CC BY 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
Moldova7th4/4 keysHighest in Africa
Tunisia=48th3/4 keysHighest in Eastern Africa
Mauritius=61st4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Mauritius on education & knowledge: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Mauritius rank on education & knowledge?
Mauritius is placed joint 61st of 198 countries on Education & Knowledge in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Out-of-School Rate, Primary, Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, Upper Secondary Completion Rate and Government Spending on Education). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Out-of-School Rate, Primary figure for Mauritius?
0.785 in 2024 (out-of-school rate, primary age (%)), according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The world median in the same edition was 3.691.
What is the latest Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary figure for Mauritius?
92.1 in 2024 (children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)), according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The world median in the same edition was 85.9.
How have Mauritius’s education & knowledge figures changed?
Out-of-School Rate, Primary rose from 0.369 in 2000 to 0.785 in 2024; Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary rose from 81.02 in 2000 to 92.1 in 2024; Upper Secondary Completion Rate rose from 3.06 in 2000 to 55.96 in 2025; Government Spending on Education rose from 3.719 in 2000 to 4.575 in 2023.
Which education & knowledge statistics are missing for Mauritius?
No current reading is published for Mauritius on Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, PISA Mathematics Performance, PISA Reading Performance, PISA Science Performance, Upper Secondary Attainment and Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary Completion. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
How much children actually learn is only partly covered. International test scores exist for a limited group of countries, and they are published here as context rather than used as a key, because a key must describe most of the world. Universities, research, and youth and adult literacy also appear as context.
How the Education & Knowledge standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The education & knowledge method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Out-of-School Rate, Primary — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Upper Secondary Completion Rate — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Spending on Education — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
The other 35 statistics on this page come from 7 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Mauritius’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Mauritius (banner) — Damiano Luchetti, CC0
- United Arab Emirates — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Greece — User:Ggia derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Poland — Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich), CC BY 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Mauritius: Education & Knowledge — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/mauritius/education