Population of compulsory school age, female in Mauritius
Mauritius: Population of compulsory school age, female was 84,922 number in 2019. ▲ Rising
Population of compulsory school age, female in Mauritius, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, population of compulsory school age, female in Mauritius stood at 84,922 number.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population of compulsory school age, female in Mauritius peaked at 112,925 number in 2004 and was at its lowest, 60,746 number, in 1998.
Mauritius ranks 142nd of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Population of compulsory school age, female in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 60,746 number | — |
| 1999 | 62,585 number | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 63,908 number | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 64,719 number | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 64,452 number | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 63,101 number | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 112,925 number | +79.0% |
| 2005 | 112,237 number | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 110,832 number | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 109,494 number | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 108,150 number | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 106,741 number | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 105,206 number | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 103,355 number | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 101,356 number | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 99,325 number | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 97,329 number | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 95,313 number | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 92,993 number | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 90,471 number | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 87,751 number | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 84,922 number | -3.2% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 84,922 number is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 543,924 number, 16% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 84,922 number is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.02 million number, 8% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Population of compulsory school age, female in Mauritius changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +79.0% | 63,101 number | 112,925 number |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61,666 number | 60,746 number | 62,585 number | 2 |
| 2000s | 91,656 number | 63,101 number | 112,925 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 95,802 number | 84,922 number | 105,206 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
More reference data data for Mauritius
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0102 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0409 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0513 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0002 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0513 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0343 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0167 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2303 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2885 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0008 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population of compulsory school age, female in Mauritius?
- Population of compulsory school age, female in Mauritius was 84,922 number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest population of compulsory school age, female recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 112,925 number in 2004.
- What is the lowest population of compulsory school age, female recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 60,746 number in 1998.
- How does Mauritius rank for population of compulsory school age, female?
- Mauritius ranks 142nd out of 186 countries with data for 2019.
- Is population of compulsory school age, female rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population of compulsory school age, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population of female children within the age span that children are legally obliged to attend school.