Mauritius's persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) was 98.34% in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.69 percentage points from 97.65% in 2010.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 98.34% | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | 97.13% | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | 97.65% | 2010 |
| Highest | 98.98% | 1983 |
| Lowest | 93.25% | 1987 |
| Average since 2011 | 96.89% | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | 98.98% | 1983 |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Mauritius' persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) rose 1.77 percentage points on 2019 (from 96.57% to 98.34%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1985 to 2019), the average change was −0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.89 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above 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 4.88 percentage points in 1988 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.7 percentage points in 1987. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 6% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2020, Mauritius had the 3rd highest value of the 11 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 98.34% | 2020 |
| World | 80.18% | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 63.09% | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 94.18% | 2022 |
Closest to Mauritius in the 2020 ranking
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 1st of 11: 100%
- Uzbekistan — 2nd of 11: 99.06%
- Tunisia — 4th of 11: 97.96%
- Kyrgyz Republic — 5th of 11: 97.84%
- Kuwait — 6th of 11: 91.64%
What this measures
Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
Limitations: The estimates have limitations in capturing real trend in that an observed rate will be applied to the underlying indicators such as repetition rate and promotion rate throughout the cohort life, and re-entrants, grade skipping, migration or transfers during a school year are not adequately captured.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 34 values
| Year | Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 98.34 |
| 2019 | 96.57 |
| 2018 | 94.33 |
| 2017 | 97.37 |
| 2016 | 95.55 |
| 2015 | 97.13 |
| 2014 | 95.57 |
| 2013 | 98.87 |
| 2012 | 97.61 |
| 2011 | 97.54 |
| 2010 |
Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) in nearby economies
- Benin — 54.38% (2021)
- Burkina Faso — 36.05% (2022)
- Burundi — 53.71% (2019)
- Cabo Verde — 95.19% (2021)
- Cameroon — 62.8% (2023)
- Chad — 74.91% (2017)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 74% (2020)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 68.09% (2021)
- Eritrea — 79.78% (2017)
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 persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort)?
- 98.34% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1983?
- It is down 0.64 percentage points from 98.98% in 1983. The highest value was 98.98% in 1983 and the lowest 93.25% in 1987.
- How does Mauritius rank?
- 3rd highest of 11 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) unusual for Mauritius?
- In 2020, Mauritius' persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) rose 1.77 percentage points on 2019 (from 96.57% to 98.34%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1985 to 2019), the average change was −0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.89 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above 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.PRM.PRSL.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. 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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