ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and in Mauritius
Mauritius: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and was 18.35 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and in Mauritius, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 18.35 % for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and in 2024. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.3% on the previous year and up 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and in Mauritius peaked at 18.35 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.06 %, in 2020.
That places Mauritius 5th out of 66 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13.37 % | — |
| 2002 | 12.56 % | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 15.75 % | +25.4% |
| 2004 | 12.44 % | -21.0% |
| 2005 | 12.39 % | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 13.89 % | +12.1% |
| 2008 | 11.43 % | -17.7% |
| 2009 | 11.62 % | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 12.7 % | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 12.13 % | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 12.71 % | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 13.87 % | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 15.56 % | +12.2% |
| 2015 | 16.46 % | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 12.77 % | -22.4% |
| 2017 | 14.54 % | +13.9% |
| 2018 | 14.45 % | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 15.76 % | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 11.06 % | -29.8% |
| 2021 | 12.85 % | +16.2% |
| 2022 | 11.66 % | -9.3% |
| 2023 | 16.79 % | +44.0% |
| 2024 | 18.35 % | +9.3% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 18.35 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.81 %, 6.5× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 18.35 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2.16 %, 8.5× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.93 % | 11.43 % | 15.75 % | 8 |
| 2010s | 14.09 % | 12.13 % | 16.46 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.14 % | 11.06 % | 18.35 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 2 Côte d'Ivoire 1.19 % compare
- 2 Seychelles 41.98 % compare
- 2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.21 % compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.4 % compare
- 3 Norway 32.82 % compare
- 4 Brunei Darussalam 22.85 % compare
- 4 Türkiye 0.75 % compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.56 % compare
- 6 Philippines 13.16 % compare
- 7 United Arab Emirates 9.98 % compare
- 8 Argentina 9.91 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0462 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 599.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1976 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6096 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and in Mauritius?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and in Mauritius was 18.35 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 18.35 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.06 % in 2020.
- How does Mauritius rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and?
- Mauritius ranks 5th out of 66 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and aquaculture — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.