Central government expense in Mauritius

Central government expense in Mauritius was equal to 29.1% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1973 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Mauritius, 2023 29.1% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.9percentage points 2022: 28.2%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as Mauritius (2023).

Central government expense in Mauritius over time

View
Places
2 selected
Mauritius World ×

% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2023
Period MauritiusWorld
2023 29.1% –
2022 28.2% 28.5%
2021 32.5% 31.7%
2020 31.3% 33.4%
2019 22.5% 26.7%
2018 22.2% 26.1%
2017 21.9% 26.3%
2016 22.8% 26.6%
2015 11.2% 26.8%
2014 21.6% 26.8%
2013 21.3% 27.1%
2012 20.1% 27.4%
2011 20.1% 27.5%
2010 21.7% 28.4%
2009 20.6% 28.4%
2008 17.8% 25.9%
2007 18.0% 24.8%
2006 19.3% 24.9%
2005 19.9% 25.1%
2004 19.9% 24.8%
2003 19.4% 25.2%
2002 19.7% 24.9%
2001 19.8% 24.7%
2000 19.8% 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 28.2% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 21.3%, the figure has changed by +7.8 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1973 to 2023 for Mauritius
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics