Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Mauritius

Mauritius: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 100.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
100.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 71 countries
All-time high
100.0%
in 1998
All-time low
85.3%
in 2000
Years of data
21
1998–2019

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Mauritius, 1998–2019

0204060801001998200820191998: 100 %1999: 100 %2000: 85.3 %2001: 89.8 %2002: 90.6 %2004: 89.7 %2005: 90.3 %2006: 100 %2007: 100 %2008: 96.4 %2009: 97.6 %2010: 94 %2011: 98.7 %2012: 99.9 %2013: 100 %2014: 100 %2015: 100 %2016: 100 %2017: 100 %2018: 100 %2019: 100 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

Mauritius recorded 100.0% for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in 2019. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Mauritius peaked at 100.0% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 85.3%, in 2000.

Mauritius ranks 1st of 71 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Mauritius, year by year

Annual values for Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, both sexes (%) in Mauritius, 1998 to 2019.
Year % Change
1998 100.0% —
1999 100.0% +0.0%
2000 85.3% -14.7%
2001 89.8% +5.3%
2002 90.6% +0.9%
2004 89.7% -1.0%
2005 90.3% +0.7%
2006 100.0% +10.8%
2007 100.0% +0.0%
2008 96.4% -3.6%
2009 97.6% +1.2%
2010 94.0% -3.7%
2011 98.7% +5.0%
2012 99.9% +1.2%
2013 100.0% +0.0%
2014 100.0% +0.0%
2015 100.0% +0.0%
2016 100.0% +0.0%
2017 100.0% +0.0%
2018 100.0% +0.0%
2019 100.0% +0.0%

Mauritius compared with similar countries

  • Mauritius's 100.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 92.9%, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
  • Mauritius's 100.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 55.0%, 1.8× the median. (19 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 2
2000s 93.3% 85.3% 100.0% 9
2010s 99.3% 94.0% 100.0% 10

Countries ranked near Mauritius

  1. 1 Andorra 100.0% compare
  2. 1 Aruba 100.0% compare
  3. 1 Bahrain 100.0% compare
  4. 1 Bermuda 100.0% compare
  5. 1 Bhutan 100.0% compare
  6. 1 Cote d'Ivoire 100.0% compare
  7. 1 Jordan 100.0% compare
  8. 1 Moldova 100.0% compare
  9. 1 Morocco 100.0% compare
  10. 1 Oman 100.0% compare
  11. 1 Panama 100.0% compare
  12. 1 Qatar 100.0% compare
  13. 1 Samoa 100.0% compare
  14. 1 Saudi Arabia 100.0% compare
  15. 1 Suriname 100.0% compare
  16. 1 Tajikistan 100.0% compare
  17. 1 United Arab Emirates 100.0% compare
  18. 1 Palestine 100.0% compare

See the full ranking of 89 places →

More reference data data for Mauritius

All data for Mauritius →

Frequently asked questions

What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Mauritius?
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Mauritius was 100.0% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Mauritius?
The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1998.
What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Mauritius?
The lowest recorded value was 85.3% in 2000.
How does Mauritius rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
Mauritius ranks 1st out of 71 countries with data for 2019.
Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in Mauritius?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. 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 Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 21 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Mauritius. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 29 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/proportion-of-teachers-with-the-minimum-required-qualifications-in-pre-primary-education/mauritius/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/proportion-of-teachers-with-the-minimum-required-qualifications-in-pre-primary-education/mauritius/">Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Mauritius</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
89 places, 1,069 data points, 1998–2020
Last refreshed

Number of teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching at the pre-primary level in the given country, expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers at the pre-primary level.