Mauritius — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Mauritius, 1971–2024.
Education spending for Mauritius was 4.25% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 43 years, from 1971 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 5.49% in 1978. The lowest was 2.52% in 1975 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.59% per year.
Mauritius ranks 86 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 50%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Mauritius sits above it. It peaked in 1978 and has fallen 23% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 12%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 15 of 41 economies; Mali (4.18%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 74% in 1977. That is 9% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 118 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 32nd of 53 in 1971 → 32nd of 50 in 1990 → 65th of 116 in 2000 → 80th of 130 in 2010 → 81st of 157 in 2020 → 20th of 39 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1971 to 2024
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.25% | -0.3 pp |
| 2023 | 4.57% | -0.3 pp |
| 2022 | 4.84% | +0.2 pp |
| 2021 | 4.67% | +0.3 pp |
| 2020 | 4.35% | -0.2 pp |
| 2019 | 4.54% | -0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 4.67% | -0.2 pp |
| 2017 | 4.88% | -0.0 pp |
| 2016 | 4.88% | +0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 4.76% | -0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 4.82% | +1.2 pp |
| 2013 | 3.57% | +0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 3.42% | +0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 3.33% | -0.2 pp |
| 2010 | 3.55% | +0.5 pp |
| 2009 | 3.05% | -0.0 pp |
| 2008 | 3.06% | -0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 3.19% | -0.5 pp |
| 2006 | 3.65% | -0.4 pp |
| 2005 | 4.02% | -0.2 pp |
| 2004 | 4.26% | -0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 4.36% | +1.3 pp |
| 2002 | 3.02% | -0.1 pp |
| 2001 | 3.07% | -0.6 pp |
| 2000 | 3.72% | -0.2 pp |
| 1999 | 3.89% | +0.4 pp |
| 1991 | 3.46% | +0.3 pp |
| 1990 | 3.13% | -0.3 pp |
| 1989 | 3.47% | +0.4 pp |
| 1988 | 3.09% | +0.1 pp |
| 1987 | 3.02% | -0.4 pp |
| 1986 | 3.44% | -0.5 pp |
| 1985 | 3.91% | -0.1 pp |
| 1984 | 4.03% | -0.4 pp |
| 1983 | 4.39% | -0.1 pp |
| 1982 | 4.54% | -0.4 pp |
| 1981 | 4.99% | -0.5 pp |
| 1978 | 5.49% | +1.1 pp |
| 1977 | 4.38% | +1.9 pp |
| 1975 | 2.52% | -0.3 pp |
| 1973 | 2.78% | -0.3 pp |
| 1972 | 3.07% | -0.0 pp |
| 1971 | 3.11% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Mauritius’s Education spending in 1972?
3.07% (1972). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Mauritius’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1971 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +36.5% in total — about 0.6% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 4.25%; 2023: 4.57%; 2022: 4.84%; 2021: 4.67%; 2020: 4.35%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.