Employment in services in Mauritius
74.7% of employed people in Mauritius worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Mauritius, 2025
74.7%
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
36th of 182
Employment in services in Mauritius over time
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% of total employment. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Mauritius | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74.7% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 74.1% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 73.8% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 71.7% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 72.5% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 71.3% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 71.2% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 70.5% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 69.2% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 67.4% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 67.9% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 67.1% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 66.6% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 65.1% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 64.9% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 63.4% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 62.0% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 59.8% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 59.4% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 58.8% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 58.3% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 57.7% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 54.5% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 53.8% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 52.8% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 74.1% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 67.9%, the figure has changed by +6.8 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Mauritius has the 36th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Mauritius
All statistics for Mauritius
Employment in agriculture
4.7%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
20.6%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
5.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
17.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
58.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
47.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT