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Mauritius — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Mauritius, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
58.55%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -2.7% since 1990
Labor participation for Mauritius was 58.55% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 60.52% in 2003. The lowest was 52.58% in 2021 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.08% per year.
Mauritius ranks 114 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 61%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Mauritius sits below it. It peaked in 2003 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
58.55%
First (1990)
60.19%
Change
-2.7%
Highest
60.52%
in 2003
Lowest
52.58%
in 2021
Average
58.88%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.08%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.55% |
| 2024 | 58.66% |
| 2023 | 59% |
| 2022 | 55.56% |
| 2021 | 52.58% |
| 2020 | 55.71% |
| 2019 | 59.75% |
| 2018 | 59.27% |
| 2017 | 59.89% |
| 2016 | 59.66% |
| 2015 | 60.34% |
| 2014 | 59.97% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.