Polity · 1969 CE – present
Mauritius
République de Maurice · Maurice
Also recorded as Republic of Mauritius
- Peak recorded area
- 2,480 km²
- 1969 CE
- Rulers on record
- 5
- from 2015 CE
- Data series
- 343
- 1969 CE–2025 CE
Overview
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, located about 2,000 kilometres off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island, as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. Brandon. The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, along with nearby Réunion, are part of the Mascarene Islands. The main island of Mauritius, where the population is concentrated, hosts the capital and largest city, Port Louis.
Lead section from Wikipedia, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article.
Territory
2 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated. CShapes 2.0 holds 2 further extents, measured on a different basis and deliberately not merged into this series.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before the last complete year, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 49 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Population216 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 1.3Mpersons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy165 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 75.27years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Net Migration141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | -2,784persons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Population Growth141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | -0.243% annual2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Female140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 78.5years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Male140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 72.28years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
Economy
6 of 142 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita PPP200 obs · 1820 CE–2019 CE | 20.4Kint'l $ (inflation adj.)2019 CE · Gapminder |
| Real Wage130 obs · 1856 CE–2008 CE | 38.37index (1500=1)2008 CE · Clio-Infra |
| GDP Current Usd111 obs · 1960 CE–2025 CE | 16.2Bcurrent US$2025 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| GDP per capita73 obs · 1950 CE–2022 CE | 20.6K2011 int'l $2022 CE · Maddison Project Database 2023 |
| Fao Asses Stocks64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 60head2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Cattle Stocks64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 3,500head2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
Military
6 of 14 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Military Expenditure % GDP62 obs · 1963 CE–2024 CE | 0.1496% of GDP2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Military Expenditure Usd62 obs · 1963 CE–2024 CE | 23Mcurrent US$2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Armed Forces Personnel31 obs · 1985 CE–2020 CE | 3,000persons2020 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Mil Equip Aircraft Transport22 obs · 1993 CE–2014 CE | 3count2014 CE · rDMC Military Capabilities v1.0 |
| Mil Equip Anti Tank Anti Infrastructure Artillery22 obs · 1993 CE–2014 CE | 4count2014 CE · rDMC Military Capabilities v1.0 |
| Mil Equip Armoured Fighting Vehicles Transport22 obs · 1993 CE–2014 CE | 20count2014 CE · rDMC Military Capabilities v1.0 |
Territory & resources
6 of 55 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Arable Land %126 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 37.56% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Forest Area %68 obs · 1990 CE–2023 CE | 19.47% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Agricultural Land %63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 43.04%2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Arable Land per capita Ha63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 0.0601hectares per person2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Fao Agricultural Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 86Kha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Arable Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 75Kha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
Governance
6 of 28 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Electoral Democracy Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.492index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.368index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.316index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Regime Type125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 1RoW index (0-3)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Rule Of Law Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.659index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Executive Years In Office49 obs · 1975 CE–2023 CE | 3years2023 CE · Database of Political Institutions (DPI) 2023 |
Development
6 of 55 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Tech Railway Line Km132 obs · 1862 CE–1993 CE | 0km1993 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Freedom Of Expression Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.616index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Tech Commercial Vehicles66 obs · 1930 CE–2003 CE | 39count2003 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Mail Items66 obs · 1876 CE–1944 CE | 2.8items1944 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Passenger Cars66 obs · 1930 CE–2003 CE | 105Kcount2003 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Mobile Subscriptions Per 10052 obs · 1960 CE–2023 CE | 165.26per_1002023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Rulers
5 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Ameenah Gurib-FakimHead of State2015 CE – 2018 CE
- Pravind JugnauthHead of Government2017 CE –
- Barlen VyapooryHead of State2018 CE – 2019 CE
- Prithvirajsing RoopunHead of State2019 CE – 2024 CE
- Dharam GokhoolHead of State2024 CE –
Country profile
From the CIA World Factbook 2024. Long entries are trimmed at a sentence boundary.
- Location
- Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, about 800 km (500 mi) east of Madagascar
- Government type
- parliamentary republic
- Executive branch
- chief of state: President Dharam GOKHOOL (since 7 December 2024); head of government: Prime Minister Navin RAMGOOLAM (since 13 November 2024); cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers (Council of Ministers) appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister;
- Ethnic groups
- Indo-Mauritian (compose approximately two thirds of the total population), Creole, Sino-Mauritian, Franco-Mauritian
- Natural resources
- arable land, fish
- Economy
- upper middle-income Indian Ocean island economy; diversified portfolio; investing in maritime security; strong tourism sector decimated by COVID-19; expanding in information and financial services; environmentally fragile
Language & currency
- Currency
- Mauritian rupees (MUR)
Memberships
- United NationsUNInternational organisation · member1968 CE –
- Commonwealth of NationsCWInternational organisation · member1968 CE –
- United Kingdom–Mauritius Entente (1968)Historical alliance · member1968 CE – 1976 CE
- SADCSADCEconomic bloc · member1995 CE –
- African UnionAUInternational organisation · founding member2002 CE –
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
CHAT (Comin-Hobijn)2009 (FinalCHAT_72909)
Comin, D. & Hobijn, B. (2009). The CHAT Dataset. NBER Working Paper 15319.
NBER research data, freely downloadable
CIA World Factbook 2024
Clio-Infra2017 datasets
Clio-Infra project (2017). Reconstructions of global inequality and well-being. International Institute of Social History.
Academic use, attribution
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Database of Political Institutions (DPI) 2023DPI 2023
Cruz, C., Keefer, P. & Scartascini, C. (2023). Database of Political Institutions 2023. Inter-American Development Bank.
IDB open data, attribution
FAOSTAT2024 release
FAO (2024). FAOSTAT Statistical Database. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
CC BY 4.0
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
Maddison Project Database 20232023
Bolt, J. & van Zanden, J.L. (2024). Maddison Project Database 2023. University of Groningen GGDC.
CC BY 4.0
rDMC Military Capabilities v1.0v1.0
Reconstructed Data on Military Capabilities (rDMC), v1.0. Harvard Dataverse.
Academic use, attribution
UN World Population Prospects 20242024
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024.
CC BY 3.0 IGO
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
World Bank World Development Indicators2024 release
World Bank (2024). World Development Indicators. Washington, DC.
CC BY 4.0
Mauritius is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.