Youth literacy in Mauritius

In Mauritius, 99.8% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2023.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1990 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS
Mauritius, 2023 99.8% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2022 −0.2percentage points 2022: 100.0%

Youth literacy in Mauritius over time

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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 (% of people aged 15 to 24), 2000 to 2023
Period Mauritius
2023 99.8%
2022 100.0%
2021 99.9%
2011 98.1%
2000 94.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 100.0% in 2022.
  • Since 1990, when it was 91.2%, the figure has changed by +8.6 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
LR.AG15T24 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2023 for Mauritius
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org