Country
Mauritius
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- upper middle income
- Capital
- Port Louis
- ISO code
- MU · MUS
72 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 1.2M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 28,770 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 73.8 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 3.5 t CO₂
Population
- Population 1.2M 2025 159th of 214
- Population density 623 people/km² 2024 13th of 212
- Population growth -0.16 % per year 2025 183rd of 214
- Natural increase 0.5 per 1,000 people 2023 168th of 228
- Net migration -2.2 per 1,000 people 2025 163rd of 214
- Fertility rate 1.44 births per woman 2024 164th of 214
- Urban population 39.0 % 2025 173rd of 214
- Median age 36.9 years 2023 79th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 14.1 % 2025 71st of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 19.8 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 72nd of 214
- Children under 15 14.5 % 2025 183rd of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 73.8 years 2024 115th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 77.4 years 2024 112th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 70.4 years 2024 119th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 7.0 years 2024 31st of 214
- Infant mortality 13.8 per 1,000 births 2024 91st of 195
- Under-5 mortality 15.4 per 1,000 births 2024 95th of 195
- Maternal mortality 66 per 100,000 births 2023 83rd of 193
- Health spending per person 616 USD 2023 76th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 1,566 $ (PPP) 2023 73rd of 191
- Physicians 1.44 per 1,000 people 2022 96th of 179
- Hospital beds 3.8 per 1,000 people 2023 44th of 150
- Measles immunization 98 % 2024 20th of 191
- Undernourishment 4.9 % 2024 80th of 165
- Tobacco use 17.7 % 2024 90th of 165
- Calorie supply 3,256 kcal per day 2023 55th of 175
- Meat supply 64.6 kg per person per year 2023 73rd of 175
Economy
- GDP 16.2B USD 2025 139th of 185
- GDP per capita 12,991 USD 2025 75th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 28,770 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 65th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 20,643 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 58th of 165
- GDP growth 3.2 % 2025 97th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 3.3 % 2025 63rd of 185
- Inflation 3.7 % 2025 66th of 169
- Unemployment 5.6 % 2025 76th of 181
- Youth unemployment 17.4 % 2025 62nd of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 13.9 % 2024 97th of 150
- Trade 145 % of GDP 2024 22nd of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 36.8 2017 59th of 151
- Extreme poverty 0.5 % 2017 105th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 4.2 % of GDP 2024 109th of 187
- Women in the labour force 47.5 % 2025 125th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.806 2023 73rd of 192
- Literacy rate 94.3 % 2023 53rd of 122
- Education spending 4.8 % of GDP 2022 52nd of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 91 % 2024 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 43 % 2023 78th of 127
- Primary completion rate 90 % 2023 97th of 135
- Women in parliament 17.9 % 2025 134th of 183
- Homicide rate 2.7 per 100,000 people 2020 64th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 4.4 Mt CO₂ 2024 140th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 3.5 t CO₂ 2024 83rd of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 3.68 t CO₂ 2024 95th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.1 Gt CO₂ 2024 138th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 5.2 t CO₂e 2024 83rd of 201
- Forest area 19.1 % of land 2024 130th of 208
- Water stress 23 % 2022 63rd of 176
- Arable land 35.3 % of land 2024 20th of 205
- Renewable energy 8.6 % of final energy 2021 154th of 210
- Renewable electricity 17.9 % of electricity 2024 129th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 39.3 % of electricity 2024 21st of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.3 % of electricity 2024 95th of 193
- Electricity from solar 5.0 % of electricity 2024 78th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 642 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 33rd of 193
- Electricity generation per person 2,737 kWh 2024 93rd of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 14.1 µg/m³ 2023 127th of 199
Mauritius on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldFrench, English · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldMauritian rupee (MUR)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+4Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, G · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world3 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- Ghost map1 ghost story
- VPN provider mapServers of 2 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)