Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Mauritius

Extreme poverty rate in Mauritius in 2017 — 0.5%. Ranked 31 in the world out of 78. Since 2006, the indicator has fallen by 0.6 pp.

2017 0.5% −0.6 pp vs 2012
World rank 31of 78
Period maximum 1.1%2006
Period minimum 0.5%2017

Trend over time

2006–2017 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Mauritius, 2006–20170.40.60.811.220062008201020122014201620172006: 1.1%2012: 1.1%2017: 0.5%
Change over the period: −0.6 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp

Comparison, 2017

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

Mauritius 0.5%
World 11.8%
Extreme poverty rate — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2017 0.5
2012 1.1
2006 1.1

Eastern Africa, 2017

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

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.

Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.

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