Mauritius — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Mauritius, 1964–2025.
Inflation for Mauritius was 3.67% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 62 years, from 1964 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 42.00% in 1980. The lowest was 0.32% in 1971 (about 11.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.09% per year.
Mauritius ranks 75 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 40%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.51%, so Mauritius sits above it. It peaked in 1980 and has fallen 91% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 186%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 20 of 46 economies; Uganda (3.58%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 1666% in 1988. That is 2% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1964 level: doubled by 1968; grown tenfold by 1974. Doubling roughly every 64 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 53rd of 72 in 1964 → 80th of 92 in 1970 → 9th of 106 in 1980 → 44th of 131 in 1990 → 65th of 163 in 2000 → 103rd of 186 in 2010 → 74th of 178 in 2020 → 66th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1964 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.67% | +0.1 pp |
| 2024 | 3.6% | -3.4 pp |
| 2023 | 7.05% | -3.7 pp |
| 2022 | 10.77% | +6.7 pp |
| 2021 | 4.03% | +1.4 pp |
| 2020 | 2.58% | +2.2 pp |
| 2019 | 0.41% | -2.8 pp |
| 2018 | 3.22% | -0.5 pp |
| 2017 | 3.67% | +2.7 pp |
| 2016 | 0.98% | -0.3 pp |
| 2015 | 1.29% | -1.9 pp |
| 2014 | 3.22% | -0.3 pp |
| 2013 | 3.54% | -0.3 pp |
| 2012 | 3.85% | -2.7 pp |
| 2011 | 6.52% | +3.6 pp |
| 2010 | 2.93% | +0.4 pp |
| 2009 | 2.52% | -7.2 pp |
| 2008 | 9.73% | +0.9 pp |
| 2007 | 8.83% | -0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 8.91% | +4.0 pp |
| 2005 | 4.94% | +0.2 pp |
| 2004 | 4.71% | +0.8 pp |
| 2003 | 3.92% | -2.5 pp |
| 2002 | 6.42% | +1.0 pp |
| 2001 | 5.39% | +1.2 pp |
| 2000 | 4.2% | -2.7 pp |
| 1999 | 6.91% | +0.1 pp |
| 1998 | 6.81% | -0.0 pp |
| 1997 | 6.83% | +0.3 pp |
| 1996 | 6.55% | +0.5 pp |
| 1995 | 6.03% | -1.3 pp |
| 1994 | 7.32% | -3.2 pp |
| 1993 | 10.52% | +5.9 pp |
| 1992 | 4.64% | -2.4 pp |
| 1991 | 7% | -6.5 pp |
| 1990 | 13.49% | +0.8 pp |
| 1989 | 12.67% | +3.5 pp |
| 1988 | 9.16% | +8.6 pp |
| 1987 | 0.52% | -1.1 pp |
| 1986 | 1.63% | -5.1 pp |
| 1985 | 6.7% | -0.7 pp |
| 1984 | 7.39% | +1.8 pp |
| 1983 | 5.59% | -5.8 pp |
| 1982 | 11.42% | -3.0 pp |
| 1981 | 14.46% | -27.5 pp |
| 1980 | 42% | +27.5 pp |
| 1979 | 14.47% | +5.9 pp |
| 1978 | 8.55% | -0.6 pp |
| 1977 | 9.17% | -3.8 pp |
| 1976 | 12.96% | -1.8 pp |
| 1975 | 14.74% | -14.4 pp |
| 1974 | 29.12% | +15.7 pp |
| 1973 | 13.45% | +8.1 pp |
| 1972 | 5.4% | +5.1 pp |
| 1971 | 0.32% | -1.2 pp |
| 1970 | 1.54% | -0.8 pp |
| 1969 | 2.32% | -4.7 pp |
| 1968 | 6.98% | +5.1 pp |
| 1967 | 1.88% | -0.6 pp |
| 1966 | 2.5% | +0.7 pp |
| 1965 | 1.79% | -0.1 pp |
| 1964 | 1.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Mauritius’s Inflation in 1965?
1.79% (1965). 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 Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1964 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +93.8% in total — about 1.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.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: 3.67%; 2024: 3.6%; 2023: 7.05%; 2022: 10.77%; 2021: 4.03%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.