School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Mauritius

Mauritius: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.996 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.996 GPI
Change on year
down 1.6%
World rank
117th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.03 GPI
in 2009
All-time low
0.9239 GPI
in 1974
Years of data
40
1970–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Mauritius, 1970–2019

00.250.50.7511970199420191970: 0.989 GPI1971: 0.95 GPI1972: 0.984 GPI1973: 0.95 GPI1974: 0.924 GPI1975: 0.979 GPI1976: 0.963 GPI1977: 0.991 GPI1978: 0.981 GPI1979: 0.968 GPI1980: 0.966 GPI1981: 0.969 GPI1982: 0.982 GPI1990: 0.999 GPI1993: 0.989 GPI1995: 0.994 GPI1996: 0.999 GPI1997: 1 GPI1998: 1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 0.993 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 0.99 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 0.997 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 0.996 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Mauritius stood at 0.996 GPI.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Mauritius peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.9239 GPI, in 1974.

Mauritius ranks 117th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9678 GPI 0.9239 GPI 0.9911 GPI 10
1980s 0.9726 GPI 0.9661 GPI 0.9822 GPI 3
1990s 1 GPI 0.9888 GPI 1.02 GPI 7
2000s 1.02 GPI 0.9931 GPI 1.03 GPI 10
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.9902 GPI 1.03 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Mauritius

  1. 114 Poland 0.9969 GPI compare
  2. 115 France 0.9967 GPI compare
  3. 116 Burkina Faso 0.9964 GPI compare
  4. 118 Canada 0.9956 GPI compare
  5. 119 Bhutan 0.9956 GPI compare
  6. 120 Qatar 0.9938 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Mauritius?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Mauritius was 0.996 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritius?
The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2009.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritius?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9239 GPI in 1974.
How does Mauritius rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Mauritius ranks 117th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mauritius?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. 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, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 data points, 1970–2020
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.