Tax revenue in Mauritius

Central government tax revenue in Mauritius was equal to 20.5% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1973 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mauritius, 2024 20.5% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 20.6%
World, 2024 13.9% Official aggregate

Tax revenue in Mauritius over time

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

Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) (% of GDP), 2000 to 2024
Period MauritiusWorld
2024 20.5% 13.9%
2023 20.6% 13.9%
2022 19.0% 14.5%
2021 18.0% 14.3%
2020 20.4% 13.7%
2019 19.1% 13.8%
2018 18.1% 13.9%
2017 17.7% 14.2%
2016 17.4% 13.9%
2015 8.6% 14.0%
2014 17.9% 14.0%
2013 17.9% 14.0%
2012 18.4% 13.8%
2011 17.8% 13.7%
2010 17.8% 13.3%
2009 17.8% 13.1%
2008 16.7% 14.3%
2007 14.9% 14.8%
2006 15.8% 14.5%
2005 17.0% 14.1%
2004 16.0% 14.5%
2003 15.9% 14.4%
2002 14.8% 14.6%
2001 14.9% –
2000 16.7% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 20.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 17.9%, the figure has changed by +2.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 13.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1973 to 2024 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