School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Mauritius

Mauritius: School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity was 1.28 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
1.28 GPI
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
37th
of 106 countries
All-time high
1.28 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.4224 GPI
in 1998
Years of data
6
1998–2018

School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Mauritius, 1998–2018

0.40.60.811.21998200820181998: 0.422 GPI2012: 1.3 GPI2014: 0.988 GPI2015: 1.1 GPI2016: 1.3 GPI2018: 1.3 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Mauritius stood at 1.28 GPI. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Mauritius peaked at 1.28 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.4224 GPI, in 1998.

Mauritius ranks 37th of 106 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Mauritius, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Mauritius, 1998 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1998 0.4224 GPI —
2012 1.25 GPI +196.9%
2014 0.9878 GPI -21.2%
2015 1.15 GPI +16.4%
2016 1.27 GPI +10.6%
2018 1.28 GPI +0.5%

Mauritius compared with similar countries

  • Mauritius's 1.28 GPI is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.22 GPI, 1.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
  • Mauritius's 1.28 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.818 GPI, 1.6× the median. (19 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4224 GPI 0.4224 GPI 0.4224 GPI 1
2010s 1.19 GPI 0.9878 GPI 1.28 GPI 5

Countries ranked near Mauritius

  1. 34 Germany 1.34 GPI compare
  2. 35 Dominica 1.31 GPI compare
  3. 36 Brazil 1.3 GPI compare
  4. 38 Hungary 1.26 GPI compare
  5. 39 Lithuania 1.25 GPI compare
  6. 40 Iran 1.24 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Mauritius?
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Mauritius was 1.28 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Mauritius?
The highest recorded value was 1.28 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Mauritius?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4224 GPI in 1998.
How does Mauritius rank for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity?
Mauritius ranks 37th out of 106 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity rising or falling in Mauritius?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. 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 School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,359 data points, 1998–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.