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Government debt in Mauritius

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Mauritius's government debt is 86.50 % — #101 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

86.50%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.9 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Mauritius over time

91.90 %70.35 %48.80 %91.90 % · 202048.80 % · 20072000: 56.90 %2001: 58.20 %2002: 63.00 %2003: 66.90 %2004: 59.40 %2005: 58.30 %2006: 55.30 %2007: 48.80 %2008: 48.80 %2009: 56.80 %2010: 54.40 %2011: 54.90 %2012: 54.20 %2013: 56.50 %2014: 59.10 %2015: 63.00 %2016: 62.60 %2017: 61.30 %2018: 63.10 %2019: 81.10 %2020: 91.90 %2021: 86.10 %2022: 81.80 %2023: 81.50 %2024: 86.10 %2025: 86.50 %20002012202586.50 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#101 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
19 %
23 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.40 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
5.40 pp
peak 91.90 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 29.60 pp
since 2000

In Africa: #18 of 20vs median 54.55 %: +31.95 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Mauritius: ahead of 19 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtMauritius 86.50 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Mauritius is ahead of 19 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Mauritius
99 Bolivia84.80 %−1.70 pp
100 Zambia86.00 %−0.50 pp
101 Mauritius86.50 %—
102 Egypt86.80 %+0.30 pp
103 El Salvador87.20 %+0.70 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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