Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural in Mauritius
Mauritius: Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural was 81.34 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural in Mauritius, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 81.34 % for share of formal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural in 2024. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 27.7% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of formal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural in Mauritius peaked at 81.34 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 63.69 %, in 2023.
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: Non-agricultural in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 71.95 % | — |
| 2013 | 67.96 % | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 69.15 % | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 67.77 % | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 67.5 % | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 68.45 % | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 70.97 % | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 69.02 % | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 70.38 % | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 76.05 % | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 63.69 % | -16.3% |
| 2024 | 81.34 % | +27.7% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 81.34 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 56.77 %, 1.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 81.34 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 25.57 %, 3.2× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 69.1 % | 67.5 % | 71.95 % | 8 |
| 2020s | 72.86 % | 63.69 % | 81.34 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 2 South Africa 91.24 % compare
- 2 Viet Nam 51.05 % compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 22.02 % compare
- 3 North Macedonia 90.44 % compare
- 4 Mongolia 86.61 % compare
- 6 Uruguay 74.16 % compare
- 7 Costa Rica 68.09 % compare
- 8 Georgia 67.93 % 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: non-agricultural in Mauritius?
- Share of formal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural in Mauritius was 81.34 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of formal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 81.34 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of formal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.69 % in 2023.
- How does Mauritius rank for share of formal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural?
- Mauritius ranks 5th out of 39 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of formal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. 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: Non-agricultural agrifood systems — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural 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.