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Government consumption (% of GDP) — Mauritius

Government consumption (% of GDP) in Mauritius in 2025 — 14.2%. Ranked 83 in the world out of 132. Since 1976, the indicator has risen by 0.8 pp.

2025 14.2% −0.8 pp vs 2024
World rank 83of 132
Period maximum 17.3%2020
Period minimum 10.4%1986

Trend over time

1976–2025 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Mauritius, 1976–20251012141618197619811986199119962001200620112016202120251976: 13.3%1977: 14.5%1978: 14.7%1979: 13%1980: 13.9%1981: 13.7%1982: 13.7%1983: 13.2%1984: 12.6%1985: 11.4%1986: 10.4%1987: 11.5%1988: 12.5%1989: 12.1%1990: 13.4%1991: 13.4%1992: 13.1%1993: 13.8%1994: 14.4%1995: 14%1996: 14.2%1997: 13.9%1998: 13.6%1999: 14%2000: 14.1%2001: 13.7%2002: 14%2003: 13.9%2004: 14%2005: 14.3%2006: 13.9%2007: 12.2%2008: 12.3%2009: 13.7%2010: 13.6%2011: 13.3%2012: 13.2%2013: 14.2%2014: 14.2%2015: 14%2016: 14.7%2017: 14.3%2018: 14.3%2019: 14.5%2020: 17.3%2021: 17%2022: 15.9%2023: 14.4%2024: 15%2025: 14.2%
Change over the period: +0.8 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mauritius

Mauritius 14.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 17%
Eastern Africa computed 10.7%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 14.5%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 14.2 −0.8 pp
2024 15 +0.6 pp
2023 14.4 −1.6 pp
2022 15.9 −1.1 pp
2021 17 −0.3 pp
2020 17.3 +2.8 pp
2019 14.5 +0.2 pp
2018 14.3 +0.1 pp
2017 14.3 −0.4 pp
2016 14.7 +0.7 pp
2015 14 −0.2 pp
2014 14.2 −0 pp
2013 14.2 +1 pp
2012 13.2 −0.1 pp
2011 13.3 −0.3 pp
2010 13.6 −0.1 pp
2009 13.7 +1.4 pp
2008 12.3 +0.1 pp
2007 12.2 −1.7 pp
2006 13.9 −0.4 pp
2005 14.3 +0.3 pp
2004 14 +0.1 pp
2003 13.9 −0.1 pp
2002 14 +0.2 pp
2001 13.7 −0.3 pp
2000 14.1 +0 pp
1999 14 +0.5 pp
1998 13.6 −0.3 pp
1997 13.9 −0.3 pp
1996 14.2 +0.2 pp
1995 14 −0.4 pp
1994 14.4 +0.6 pp
1993 13.8 +0.7 pp
1992 13.1 −0.3 pp
1991 13.4 +0.1 pp
1990 13.4 +1.3 pp
1989 12.1 −0.4 pp
1988 12.5 +1 pp
1987 11.5 +1.2 pp
1986 10.4 −1 pp
1985 11.4 −1.2 pp
1984 12.6 −0.6 pp
1983 13.2 −0.5 pp
1982 13.7 −0.1 pp
1981 13.7 −0.1 pp
1980 13.9 +0.9 pp
1979 13 −1.7 pp
1978 14.7 +0.2 pp
1977 14.5 +1.1 pp
1976 13.3 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SC Seychelles 25.1 BI Burundi 20.6 MZ Mozambique 19.2 MW Malawi 18.2 RW Rwanda 15.1 DJ Djibouti 15 MG Madagascar 14.6 MU Mauritius 14.2 UG Uganda 11.7 KE Kenya 11.2 TZ Tanzania 9.8 KM Comoros 9 SO Somalia 8.1 ET Ethiopia 5.8
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About the indicator

General government final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP: compensation of public employees, purchases of goods and services for delivering public services, and spending on defense and security. It leaves out public investment and social transfers, so the indicator is lower than the overall size of the budget.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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