Income inequality: Atkinson index in Mauritius
Mauritius: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.3144 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Mauritius, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: atkinson index in Mauritius is 0.3144, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Mauritius peaked at 0.3295 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.3042, in 2010.
Mauritius ranks 66th of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.3042 | — |
| 2011 | 0.3042 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3295 | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 0.3295 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3295 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3295 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3295 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3144 | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 0.3144 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3144 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3144 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3144 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3144 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3144 | +0.0% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 0.3144 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2515, 1.3× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 0.3144 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4345, 72% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3199 | 0.3042 | 0.3295 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3144 | 0.3144 | 0.3144 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
More poverty & inequality data for Mauritius
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.24 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 11,643 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 25.91 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 21.14 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 21.1% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Mauritius?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Mauritius was 0.3144 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3295 in 2012.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3042 in 2010.
- How does Mauritius rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Mauritius ranks 66th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.