Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Mauritius

Gross tertiary enrolment in Mauritius was 45.8% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1970 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mauritius, 2024 45.8% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2023 +2.4percentage points 2023: 43.3%
World, 2024 43.6% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Mauritius over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period MauritiusWorld
2024 45.8% 43.6%
2023 43.3% 43.2%
2022 44.2% 42.0%
2021 44.0% 41.1%
2020 42.5% 39.7%
2019 43.0% 38.7%
2018 40.4% 37.9%
2017 39.7% 37.5%
2016 38.4% 37.1%
2015 37.8% 36.6%
2014 40.0% 35.6%
2013 41.4% 33.1%
2012 40.4% 32.3%
2011 34.2% 31.1%
2010 33.1% 29.6%
2009 31.4% 28.3%
2008 27.0% 27.4%
2007 24.5% 26.3%
2006 23.6% 25.7%
2005 21.1% 24.3%
2004 17.3% 23.6%
2003 15.8% 22.8%
2002 15.1% 21.6%
2001 16.4% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.4 percentage points from 43.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 40.0%, the figure has changed by +5.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2024 for Mauritius
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics