Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems in Mauritius
Mauritius: Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems was 61.38 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems in Mauritius, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of formal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems in Mauritius stood at 61.38 %. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 26.3% on the previous year and up 40.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of formal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems in Mauritius peaked at 61.38 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 43.59 %, in 2014.
That places Mauritius 5th out of 39 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 51.52 % | — |
| 2013 | 46.21 % | -10.3% |
| 2014 | 43.59 % | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 45.72 % | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 48.29 % | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 46.42 % | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 49.5 % | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 49.2 % | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 55.69 % | +13.2% |
| 2022 | 57.57 % | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 48.58 % | -15.6% |
| 2024 | 61.38 % | +26.3% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 61.38 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23.52 %, 2.6× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 61.38 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5.63 %, 10.9× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 47.56 % | 43.59 % | 51.52 % | 8 |
| 2020s | 55.8 % | 48.58 % | 61.38 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 2 North Macedonia 74.55 % compare
- 2 Viet Nam 12.14 % compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6.55 % compare
- 3 Uruguay 65.03 % compare
- 4 Serbia 62.82 % compare
- 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.29 % compare
- 7 Costa Rica 51.12 % compare
- 8 Mongolia 47.51 % 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 share of formal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems in Mauritius?
- Share of formal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems in Mauritius was 61.38 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of formal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 61.38 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of formal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.59 % in 2014.
- How does Mauritius rank for share of formal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems?
- Mauritius ranks 5th out of 39 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of formal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.8%. 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 Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.