ILO estimate of the unemployment rate in Mauritius
The ILO estimates the unemployment rate in Mauritius at 5.6% in 2025.
Mauritius, 2025
5.6%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
4.9%
Position in 2025
76th of 181
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate in Mauritius over time
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% of the labour force aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Mauritius | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.6% | 4.9% |
| 2024 | 5.5% | 4.9% |
| 2023 | 5.6% | 4.9% |
| 2022 | 6.3% | 5.3% |
| 2021 | 7.7% | 6.0% |
| 2020 | 8.6% | 6.6% |
| 2019 | 6.3% | 5.6% |
| 2018 | 6.4% | 5.8% |
| 2017 | 6.8% | 5.9% |
| 2016 | 6.8% | 6.0% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 5.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 7.4%, the figure has changed by −1.8 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Mauritius has the 76th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 4.9%.
More for Mauritius
All statistics for Mauritius
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
17.4%
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Labour force participation
58.5%
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Women's labour force participation
47.5%
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Employment-to-population ratio
55.2%
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Employment in agriculture
4.7%
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Employment in industry
20.6%
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