International Rankings of Mauritius 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Mauritius, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Mauritius, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	63	22.4	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	106	307200	0
Internet users - percent of population	117	58.6 %	2018
Internet users - total	142	799470	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	47	33.45	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	98	458700	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	41	136.12	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	152	1.867 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	136	3.038 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	129	2.994 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	33	0.3 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	17	72.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	10	81.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	15	94.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	50	81	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	131	14.004 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	77	42.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	84	15.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	33	81 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	120	55.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	104	17.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	59	0.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	114	4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	109	21.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	41	74.1 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	56	3.2 %	2017
Labor force	153	554000 US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	100	8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	20	29.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	71	62.2 %	2014
Population below poverty line	132	10.3	2017
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	138	28.947 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	63	22870 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	108	22.5 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	123	6.429 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	139	2.726 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	20	79	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	62	7	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	27	14	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	132	894000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	131	2.898 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	113	27000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	102	26960 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	128	4.35 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	145	2.06 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	137	13.54 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	76	43.8	2018
Land use - arable land	16	38.4	2018
Land use - forest	126	17.3	2018
Land use - other	57	38.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	66	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	142	3.4	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	95	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	151	2.751 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	109	344.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	144	12.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	106	260.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	149	0.28	2025
Urbanization - urban population	142	40.8	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	178	2030 sq km	0
Area - total	177	2040 sq km	0
Area - water	211	10 sq km	0
Coastline	131	177 km	0
Elevation - highest point	140	828 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	124	190 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	76	43.8	2018
Land use - arable land	16	38.4	2018
Land use - forest	126	17.3	2018
Land use - other	57	38.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	66	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	142	3.4	2018
Total renewable water resources	150	2.751 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	120	14.06 %	5472
Age structure - 25-54 years	52	43.11 %	7158
Age structure - 55-64 years	57	12.31 %	8785
Birth rate	140	12.44 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	47	63.8 %	2014
Current Health Expenditure	53	5.8 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	96	7.23 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	52	17.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	95	5.6 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	140	41.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	144	23.7 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	32	4.7 % of GDP	2019
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	22	1.7	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	69	14000	2020
Hospital bed density	35	3.4 beds/1,000 population	2019
Infant mortality rate - female	133	8.41 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	122	13.11 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	129	10.82 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	67	80.29 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	92	73.29 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	81	76.7 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	77	61	2017
Median age - female	57	37.6 years	2020
Median age - male	57	35 years	0
Median age - total	55	36.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	72	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	102	10.8 %	2016
Physicians density	58	2.6 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	153	1.386 million	2021
Population growth rate	118	0.52 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	2	99.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	116	0.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	110	0.5 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	106	0.1 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	6	16 years	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	25	1	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	31	0.91	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	40	0.71 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	110	1.73 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	48	28.4	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	60	16.8	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	50	21.8	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	150	0.28	2025
Urbanization - urban population	142	40.8	2021
Transportation
Airports	117	5	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	76	2	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	56	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	93	3	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	58	233.720 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	85	1.745 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	89	13	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	108	2379 km	99
Roadways - total	132	2428 km	2015
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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