Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Mauritius
Mauritius: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total was 13.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Mauritius, 2001–2024
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of youth population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Mauritius is 13.9%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.7% on the previous year and down 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Mauritius peaked at 41.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 13.9%, in 2024.
Mauritius ranks 72nd of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | % of youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 33.8% | — |
| 2002 | 30.2% | -10.7% |
| 2003 | 27.4% | -9.5% |
| 2004 | 28.0% | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 28.5% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 22.2% | -21.9% |
| 2007 | 20.6% | -7.3% |
| 2008 | 21.3% | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 21.8% | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 21.5% | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 21.5% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 21.6% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 21.2% | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 20.9% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 20.1% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 20.3% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 19.9% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 20.5% | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 18.1% | -11.6% |
| 2020 | 41.7% | +130.8% |
| 2021 | 31.2% | -25.2% |
| 2022 | 20.7% | -33.5% |
| 2023 | 17.4% | -16.3% |
| 2024 | 13.9% | -19.7% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 13.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19.7%, 71% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 13.9% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 23.9%, 58% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Mauritius changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +130.8% | 18.1% | 41.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.0% | 20.6% | 33.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 20.6% | 18.1% | 21.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.0% | 13.9% | 41.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Mauritius?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in Mauritius was 13.9% in 2024, according to Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 41.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.9% in 2024.
- How does Mauritius rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
- Mauritius ranks 72nd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of youth not in education, employment or training (also known as “the NEET rate”) conveys the number of young persons not in education, employment or training as a percentage of the total youth population. Youth not in education are those who were neither enrolled in school nor in a formal training program (e.g. vocational training). For the purposes of this indicator, youth is defined as all persons between the ages of 15 and 24 (inclusive).