Mauritius — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Mauritius, 1961–2025.
GDP growth for Mauritius was 3.15% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 23.75% in 1976. The lowest was -14.20% in 2020 (about -4.5× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.05% per year.
Mauritius ranks 108 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 51%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Mauritius sits below it. It peaked in 1976 and has fallen 87% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 15%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 33 of 47 economies; Angola (3.13%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 2521% in 1976. That is 20% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 1st of 107 in 1961 → 114th of 119 in 1970 → 146th of 152 in 1980 → 31st of 176 in 1990 → 26th of 199 in 2000 → 99th of 209 in 2010 → 189th of 209 in 2020 → 97th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.15% | -1.8 pp |
| 2024 | 4.95% | +0.2 pp |
| 2023 | 4.7% | -3.6 pp |
| 2022 | 8.34% | +5.0 pp |
| 2021 | 3.34% | +17.5 pp |
| 2020 | -14.2% | -17.1 pp |
| 2019 | 2.86% | -1.3 pp |
| 2018 | 4.12% | +0.2 pp |
| 2017 | 3.95% | +0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 3.89% | +0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 3.72% | -0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 3.86% | +0.5 pp |
| 2013 | 3.4% | -0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 3.51% | -0.6 pp |
| 2011 | 4.15% | -0.3 pp |
| 2010 | 4.4% | +1.0 pp |
| 2009 | 3.36% | -2.1 pp |
| 2008 | 5.46% | -0.3 pp |
| 2007 | 5.76% | +0.9 pp |
| 2006 | 4.87% | +3.1 pp |
| 2005 | 1.78% | -2.6 pp |
| 2004 | 4.33% | -1.6 pp |
| 2003 | 5.93% | +4.3 pp |
| 2002 | 1.61% | -1.7 pp |
| 2001 | 3.35% | -4.9 pp |
| 2000 | 8.2% | +5.6 pp |
| 1999 | 2.61% | -3.5 pp |
| 1998 | 6.07% | +0.4 pp |
| 1997 | 5.69% | +0.1 pp |
| 1996 | 5.59% | +1.3 pp |
| 1995 | 4.29% | +0.2 pp |
| 1994 | 4.14% | -0.9 pp |
| 1993 | 5.08% | -1.4 pp |
| 1992 | 6.51% | +2.1 pp |
| 1991 | 4.44% | -2.8 pp |
| 1990 | 7.19% | +2.7 pp |
| 1989 | 4.47% | -2.3 pp |
| 1988 | 6.79% | -2.1 pp |
| 1987 | 8.89% | -0.9 pp |
| 1986 | 9.74% | +2.8 pp |
| 1985 | 6.95% | +2.3 pp |
| 1984 | 4.7% | +4.3 pp |
| 1983 | 0.38% | -5.1 pp |
| 1982 | 5.5% | -0.4 pp |
| 1981 | 5.88% | +15.9 pp |
| 1980 | -10.06% | -13.6 pp |
| 1979 | 3.52% | -0.3 pp |
| 1978 | 3.83% | -2.7 pp |
| 1977 | 6.55% | -17.2 pp |
| 1976 | 23.75% | +22.8 pp |
| 1975 | 0.91% | -7.9 pp |
| 1974 | 8.81% | -3.2 pp |
| 1973 | 11.98% | +3.6 pp |
| 1972 | 8.35% | +4.1 pp |
| 1971 | 4.27% | +4.7 pp |
| 1970 | -0.4% | -5.3 pp |
| 1969 | 4.93% | +11.8 pp |
| 1968 | -6.89% | -11.3 pp |
| 1967 | 4.38% | +8.0 pp |
| 1966 | -3.57% | -6.8 pp |
| 1965 | 3.2% | +10.1 pp |
| 1964 | -6.89% | -20.8 pp |
| 1963 | 13.89% | +13.1 pp |
| 1962 | 0.81% | -22.0 pp |
| 1961 | 22.85% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Mauritius’s GDP growth in 1962?
0.81% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Mauritius’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -86.2% in total — about 3.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 3.15%; 2024: 4.95%; 2023: 4.7%; 2022: 8.34%; 2021: 3.34%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.