Mauritius: Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 1.19 percentage points from 8.39% in 2012. Since 2001 it is down 15.41 percentage points from 24.98% in 2001. The World Bank has no value for 1 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2017, Mauritius' government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) fell 0.96 percentage points on 2016 (from 10.53% to 9.58%).

Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2016), the average change was −0.65 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.56 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 12.61 percentage points in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.97 percentage points in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.53 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 40% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2017, Mauritius had the 15th highest value of the 17 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Mauritius in the 2017 ranking

• Belarus — 12th of 17: 17.92%
• Argentina — 13th of 17: 16.91%
• Armenia — 14th of 17: 9.88%
• Mongolia — 16th of 17: 5.19%
• Kyrgyz Republic — 17th of 17: 4.9%

What this measures

Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 16 values

Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) in nearby economies

• Benin — 77.72% (2015)
• Burkina Faso — 351.47% (2016)
• Cabo Verde — 38.32% (2017)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 150.17% (2017)
• Madagascar — 0.04% (2016)
• Mali — 166.92% (2017)
• Niger — 275.25% (2017)
• Rwanda — 97.66% (2018)
• Senegal

More education data for Mauritius

• Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 84,530 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 107.35% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 107.78% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 106.94% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers — 6,144 (2024)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 45.78% (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Mauritius's government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)?

9.58% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2001?

It is down 15.41 percentage points from 24.98% in 2001. The highest value was 46.39% in 2003 and the lowest 8.39% in 2012.

How does Mauritius rank?

15th highest of 17 economies with data for 2017.

Is the latest change in government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) unusual for Mauritius?

In 2017, Mauritius' government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) fell 0.96 percentage points on 2016 (from 10.53% to 9.58%). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2016), the average change was −0.65 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.56 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.TERT.PC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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