Mauritius's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) was 35.56% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 2.26 percentage points from 33.31% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 35.56% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 33.31% | 2013 |
| Highest | 47.33% | 1979 |
| Lowest | 21.06% | 2000 |
| Average since 2012 | 35.64% | 2012–2018 |
| First recorded | 39.53% | 1971 |
Over five years it is up 2.26 percentage points from 33.31% in 2013. Since 1971 it is down 3.97 percentage points from 39.53% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 11 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2018, Mauritius' secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) fell 4.28 percentage points on 2017 (from 39.84% to 35.56%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2017), the average change was +0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.18 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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 12.48 percentage points in 1984 and the biggest yearly fall was 25.1 percentage points in 1980. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2018, Mauritius had the 45th highest value of the 61 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 | 35.56% | 2018 |
| World | 42.48% | 2018 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.9% | 2018 |
| Upper middle income | 44.54% | 2018 |
Closest to Mauritius in the 2018 ranking
- Mongolia — 41st of 61: 38.38%
- Belarus — 42nd of 61: 37.4%
- Antigua and Barbuda — 43rd of 61: 36.88%
- Bhutan — 45th of 61: 34.87%
- Macao SAR, China — 46th of 61: 34.51%
- Morocco — 47th of 61: 34.29%
What this measures
Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.
Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 37 values
| Year | Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 35.56 |
| 2017 | 39.84 |
| 2016 | 36.77 |
| 2015 | 35.55 |
| 2014 | 34.38 |
| 2013 | 33.31 |
| 2012 | 34.1 |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2008 |
Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in nearby economies
- Angola — 42.35% (2016)
- Benin — 33.83% (2016)
- Burkina Faso — 39.14% (2018)
- Burundi — 47.71% (2018)
- Cabo Verde — 39.11% (2018)
- Cameroon — 36.6% (2016)
- Central African Republic — 42.14% (2017)
- Chad — 37.2% (2016)
- Comoros — 8.29% (2017)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Mauritius's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)?
- 35.56% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is down 3.97 percentage points from 39.53% in 1971. The highest value was 47.33% in 1979 and the lowest 21.06% in 2000.
- How does Mauritius rank?
- 45th highest of 61 economies with data for 2018.
- Is the latest change in secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) unusual for Mauritius?
- In 2018, Mauritius' secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) fell 4.28 percentage points on 2017 (from 39.84% to 35.56%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2017), the average change was +0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.18 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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.SEC.ENRL.VO.FE.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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