Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritius
Mauritius: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9488 index in 2024. ▬ Flat
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritius, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritius is 0.9488 index, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 54 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.2% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritius peaked at 1.04 index in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.9488 index, in 2024.
That places Mauritius 189th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.9994 index | — |
| 1971 | 1.01 index | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 1.02 index | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 1.02 index | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 1.02 index | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 1.02 index | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 1.02 index | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 1.02 index | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 1.01 index | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 1.02 index | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 1.02 index | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 1.03 index | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 1.03 index | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 1.03 index | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 1.04 index | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 1.04 index | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 1.03 index | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 1.04 index | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 1.04 index | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 1.04 index | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 1.04 index | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 1.04 index | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 1.04 index | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 1.04 index | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1.03 index | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 1.03 index | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 1.02 index | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 1.02 index | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 1.02 index | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 1.01 index | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.9965 index | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9965 index | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9984 index | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9935 index | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.988 index | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.9901 index | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9932 index | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9982 index | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9944 index | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 1 index | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 1 index | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 1 index | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1 index | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.01 index | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 1.01 index | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.01 index | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.01 index | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.01 index | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.01 index | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1.01 index | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.01 index | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.01 index | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 1.01 index | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9488 index | -6.2% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 0.9488 index is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9951 index, 95% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 0.9488 index is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9709 index, 98% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.02 index | 0.9994 index | 1.02 index | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.03 index | 1.02 index | 1.04 index | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.03 index | 1.01 index | 1.04 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.995 index | 0.988 index | 1 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 index | 1 index | 1.01 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9959 index | 0.9488 index | 1.01 index | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
More health data for Mauritius
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -10 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.0345 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 2,032 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 9 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0232 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.8573 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritius?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mauritius was 0.9488 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 index in 1990.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9488 index in 2024.
- How does Mauritius rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Mauritius ranks 189th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.