Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Mauritius
Mauritius: Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social was 35.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Mauritius, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 35.1% for proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 53.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Mauritius peaked at 35.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 18.7%, in 2015.
That places Mauritius 28th out of 114 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21.7% | — |
| 2001 | 21.4% | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 21.4% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 20.2% | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 21.7% | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 23.2% | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 24.3% | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 25.1% | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 23.7% | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 21.2% | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 21.5% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 22.4% | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 22.2% | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 21.6% | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 22.8% | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 18.7% | -18.0% |
| 2016 | 23.8% | +27.2% |
| 2017 | 23.1% | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 27.3% | +18.4% |
| 2019 | 26.5% | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 28.5% | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 30.1% | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 31.2% | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 33.8% | +8.4% |
| 2024 | 35.1% | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.4% | 20.2% | 25.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.0% | 18.7% | 27.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.7% | 28.5% | 35.1% | 5 |
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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 proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Mauritius?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Mauritius was 35.1% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 35.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.7% in 2015.
- How does Mauritius rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services, social?
- Mauritius ranks 28th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services, social rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social protection (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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