Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Mauritius

Employment in services in Mauritius in 2025 — 74.7%. Ranked 36 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 29.3 pp.

2025 74.7% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 36of 182
Period maximum 74.7%2025
Period minimum 45.4%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Mauritius, 1991–2025405060708019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 45.4%1992: 46.1%1993: 46.8%1994: 47.5%1995: 48.4%1996: 49.4%1997: 50.5%1998: 50.7%1999: 51.3%2000: 52.1%2001: 52.8%2002: 53.8%2003: 54.5%2004: 57.7%2005: 58.3%2006: 58.8%2007: 59.4%2008: 59.8%2009: 62%2010: 63.4%2011: 64.9%2012: 65.1%2013: 66.6%2014: 67.1%2015: 67.9%2016: 67.4%2017: 69.2%2018: 70.5%2019: 71.2%2020: 71.3%2021: 72.5%2022: 71.7%2023: 73.8%2024: 74.1%2025: 74.7%
Change over the period: +29.3 pp Annual average: 0.86 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritius 74.7%
World 50.6%
Eastern Africa computed 30.9%
Employment in services — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 74.7 +0.5 pp
2024 74.1 +0.4 pp
2023 73.8 +2 pp
2022 71.7 −0.8 pp
2021 72.5 +1.3 pp
2020 71.3 +0 pp
2019 71.2 +0.8 pp
2018 70.5 +1.3 pp
2017 69.2 +1.8 pp
2016 67.4 −0.5 pp
2015 67.9 +0.8 pp
2014 67.1 +0.5 pp
2013 66.6 +1.5 pp
2012 65.1 +0.3 pp
2011 64.9 +1.4 pp
2010 63.4 +1.4 pp
2009 62 +2.2 pp
2008 59.8 +0.4 pp
2007 59.4 +0.6 pp
2006 58.8 +0.6 pp
2005 58.3 +0.6 pp
2004 57.7 +3.2 pp
2003 54.5 +0.7 pp
2002 53.8 +1 pp
2001 52.8 +0.7 pp
2000 52.1 +0.8 pp
1999 51.3 +0.6 pp
1998 50.7 +0.2 pp
1997 50.5 +1.1 pp
1996 49.4 +0.9 pp
1995 48.4 +0.9 pp
1994 47.5 +0.7 pp
1993 46.8 +0.7 pp
1992 46.1 +0.8 pp
1991 45.4

About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.