Mauritius
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 1.2M (2025). World rank 159 of 216; in Africa, 49 of 54. Area: 2,040 km². World rank 182 of 249; in Africa, 53 of 59. GDP: $16.2B (2025). World rank 144 of 210; in Africa, 33 of 52. From 2015 to 2025: population 1.3M → 1.2M, GDP $12.2B → $16.2B, and GDP per person $9,631 → $12,991.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Mauritius
- Local name
- Mauritius
- Capital
- Port Louis
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Dharam Gokhool
- Head of government
- Pravind Jugnauth
- Independence
- March 12, 1968
- Women in parliament
- 17.9% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 1,243,741 2025
- Area
- 2,040 km²
- GDP
- $16.2B 2025
- GDP per person
- $12,991 2025
- Life expectancy
- 73.8 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English, French, Mauritian Creole
- Currency
- Mauritian Rupee (MUR)
- Time zones
- UTC+4
- Calling code
- +230
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 114, 115, 995, 999
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- C, G
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 177
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 40.9% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire, 828 m
- Lowest point
- Indian Ocean, 0 m
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 25
- Warmest month in the capital
- February, 28°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- August, 23°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 2,041 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 609.7 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- -0.2% 2025
- Living in cities
- 39% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -2.8K 2025
- Born in another country
- 2.3% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 14.5% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 71.3% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 14.1% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 77.4 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 70.4 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.4 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 10.3 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 10 2024
Society
- Religions
- Hindu 48.5%, Catholic 26.3%, Muslim 17.3%, and other Christian 6.4% (2011)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 69.8 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 56 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 69.9 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 71.5 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 68.8 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $33,667 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +3.2% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $14,040 2025
- Inflation
- +3.7% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 39 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 4.6% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 17.7% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 63.9% 2025
- Unemployment
- 5.6% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 17.4% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 47.5% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 65% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 74.9% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -7% 2024
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +5% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 1.9% 2024
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 20.5% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 36.8 2017
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.5% 2017
Education
- Adult literacy
- 94.3% 2023
- Primary school enrolment
- 107% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 90.7% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 45.8% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4.3% 2024
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 5.6% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $616 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 45.2% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 1.4 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 4.1 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 3.8 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 98% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 13.8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 15.4 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 66 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 20.1% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 51.1% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 17.7% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99.9% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 97.4% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 99% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 2.3 2022
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 12.2 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 10.5 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 81.9 2025
- Natural hazards
- tropical cyclones
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 14.1 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 3.5 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 5.2 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 19.1% 2024
- Protected areas
- 0% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 2,179 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 23% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 73.3% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 173 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 28 2024
- Internet domain
- .mu
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 2,588 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 8.6% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 21.7% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 81.8% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 1,504,656 2023
- Airports
- 5 2025
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.3% 2024
- Researchers per million people
- 689 2024
- Scientific articles per year
- 205 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 7 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 1.2% 2024