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Mauritius — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Mauritius, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
5.63%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -40.6% since 1991
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
5.63%
First (1991)
9.49%
Change
-40.6%
Highest
9.59%
in 1995
Lowest
5.55%
in 2024
Average
8.00%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.52%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.64% |
| 2024 | 5.55% |
| 2023 | 5.57% |
| 2022 | 6.32% |
| 2021 | 7.72% |
| 2020 | 8.63% |
| 2019 | 6.33% |
| 2018 | 6.43% |
| 2017 | 6.75% |
| 2016 | 6.81% |
| 2015 | 7.41% |
| 2014 | 7.47% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.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.