Mauritius — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Mauritius, 1991–2025.
Unemployment for Mauritius was 5.63% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 9.59% in 1995. The lowest was 5.55% in 2024 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.52% per year.
Mauritius ranks 82 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 44%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Mauritius sits above it. It peaked in 1995 and has fallen 41% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 24%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 23 of 47 economies; Kenya (5.45%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 36% in 2020. That is 15% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 57th of 187 in 1991 → 75th of 187 in 2000 → 82nd of 187 in 2010 → 63rd of 187 in 2020 → 77th of 182 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1991 to 2025
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.64% | +0.1 pp |
| 2024 | 5.55% | -0.0 pp |
| 2023 | 5.57% | -0.8 pp |
| 2022 | 6.32% | -1.4 pp |
| 2021 | 7.72% | -0.9 pp |
| 2020 | 8.63% | +2.3 pp |
| 2019 | 6.33% | -0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 6.43% | -0.3 pp |
| 2017 | 6.75% | -0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 6.81% | -0.6 pp |
| 2015 | 7.41% | -0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 7.47% | +0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 7.32% | -0.2 pp |
| 2012 | 7.47% | +0.0 pp |
| 2011 | 7.45% | -0.2 pp |
| 2010 | 7.65% | +0.4 pp |
| 2009 | 7.26% | +0.1 pp |
| 2008 | 7.17% | -1.3 pp |
| 2007 | 8.48% | -0.6 pp |
| 2006 | 9.04% | -0.5 pp |
| 2005 | 9.52% | +1.2 pp |
| 2004 | 8.34% | +0.0 pp |
| 2003 | 8.32% | +0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 8.21% | -0.9 pp |
| 2001 | 9.14% | +0.0 pp |
| 2000 | 9.13% | -0.2 pp |
| 1999 | 9.28% | +0.0 pp |
| 1998 | 9.25% | -0.1 pp |
| 1997 | 9.38% | -0.1 pp |
| 1996 | 9.5% | -0.1 pp |
| 1995 | 9.59% | +0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 9.51% | +0.0 pp |
| 1993 | 9.5% | +0.1 pp |
| 1992 | 9.43% | -0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 9.49% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Mauritius’s Unemployment in 1992?
9.43% (1992). 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 % of total labor force, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Mauritius’s Unemployment growing or shrinking?
Between 1991 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -40.6% in total — about 1.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS. 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: 5.64%; 2024: 5.55%; 2023: 5.57%; 2022: 6.32%; 2021: 7.72%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.