Literacy rate in Mauritius in 2023 — 94.29%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 33. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 14.42 pp.
1990–2023 · % of population aged 15+
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mauritius
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 94.29 | — |
| 2021 | 92.98 | — |
| 2016 | 93.16 | +0.45 pp |
| 2015 | 92.71 | +0.24 pp |
| 2014 | 92.47 | +0.98 pp |
| 2013 | 91.49 | −0.28 pp |
| 2012 | 91.77 | +2.52 pp |
| 2011 | 89.25 | — |
| 2000 | 84.3 | — |
| 1990 | 79.87 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Mauritius
94.29
Uganda
80.51
The share of the population aged 15 and older able to read and write a short simple statement about their everyday life. The UNESCO definition is deliberately minimal — it is the threshold of functional literacy, not an assessment of the quality of education. In most countries the data come from censuses and surveys, so they are updated irregularly.
Important: The series is incomplete: values are published only for the years in which a census or a literacy survey was conducted.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.
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