Unemployment rate: Mauritius
5.635% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.635 |
| 2024 | 5.548 |
| 2023 | 5.571 |
| 2022 | 6.322 |
| 2021 | 7.719 |
| 2020 | 8.626 |
| 2019 | 6.331 |
| 2018 | 6.426 |
| 2017 | 6.752 |
| 2016 | 6.814 |
| 2015 | 7.41 |
| 2014 | 7.467 |
| 2013 | 7.322 |
| 2012 | 7.472 |
| 2011 | 7.447 |
| 2010 | 7.654 |
| 2009 | 7.257 |
| 2008 | 7.17 |
| 2007 | 8.475 |
| 2006 | 9.04 |
| 2005 | 9.524 |
| 2004 | 8.337 |
| 2003 | 8.318 |
| 2002 | 8.205 |
| 2001 | 9.14 |
| 2000 | 9.125 |
| 1999 | 9.278 |
| 1998 | 9.253 |
| 1997 | 9.381 |
| 1996 | 9.503 |
| 1995 | 9.59 |
| 1994 | 9.513 |
| 1993 | 9.5 |
| 1992 | 9.428 |
| 1991 | 9.493 |