Mauritius

Adult literacy in Mauritius

Adult literacy in Mauritius: 79.9% in 1990 and 94.3% in 2023, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2023
94.3%
Since 1990
+14.4 percentage points
World, 2023
87.6%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in MauritiusAdult literacy in Mauritius: 79.9% in 1990 and 94.3% in 2023, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 87.6% in 2023.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearMauritiusWorld
2024–87.7
202394.387.6
2022–87.4
20219387.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
201693.286.3
201592.786
201492.585.6
201391.585.2
201291.884.9
201189.384.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
200084.381.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
199079.974.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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