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Unemployment rate in Mauritius

How hard is it to have a job there?

Mauritius's unemployment rate is 5.63 % — #71 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

5.63%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Mauritius over time

9.52 %7.54 %5.55 %9.52 % · 20055.55 % · 20242000: 9.13 %2001: 9.14 %2002: 8.21 %2003: 8.32 %2004: 8.34 %2005: 9.52 %2006: 9.04 %2007: 8.47 %2008: 7.17 %2009: 7.26 %2010: 7.65 %2011: 7.45 %2012: 7.47 %2013: 7.32 %2014: 7.47 %2015: 7.41 %2016: 6.81 %2017: 6.75 %2018: 6.43 %2019: 6.33 %2020: 8.63 %2021: 7.72 %2022: 6.32 %2023: 5.57 %2024: 5.55 %2025: 5.63 %2000201220255.63 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#71 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
43 %
53 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.09 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
3.89 pp
peak 9.52 % in 2005
Full series
▼ 3.49 pp
since 2000

In Africa: #8 of 21vs median 5.25 %: +0.38 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Mauritius: ahead of 43 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentMauritius 5.63 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Mauritius is ahead of 43 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Mauritius
69 Denmark5.53 %−0.11 pp
70 Austria5.58 %−0.05 pp
71 Mauritius5.63 %—
72 Belgium5.91 %+0.27 pp
73 Zambia5.92 %+0.28 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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