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IndicatorMUSMauritiusSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.87rank #37
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile54.7rank #71
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.66rank #28
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.58rank #39
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.89rank #28
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile66.2rank #49
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.87rank #37
Military spending% GDP0.15%rank #146
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.48rank #41
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile79.4rank #48
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile69.7rank #37
Rule of Law0-100 percentile68rank #56
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.79rank #47
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.74rank #34
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.64rank #35
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile63.3rank #76
Women in parliament% seats17.9%rank #125
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.81rank #53
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment4.7%rank #129
Agriculture value added% GDP4.6%rank #91
Annual working hours per workerhours1,989.9rank #62
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker160,253rank #80
Current account balance% GDP-7%rank #133
Employment-to-population ratio%54.9%rank #112
External debt stocks% GNI123.2%rank #107
FDI net inflows% GDP4.6%rank #52
GDPcurrent US$16.16Brank #139
GDP growth%3.2%rank #97
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$12,991.3rank #75
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $28,769.5rank #65
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $27,280rank #64
Government expenditure% GDP29.1%rank #37
Gross capital formation% GDP19.9%rank #93
Gross savings% GDP21.1%rank #81
High-technology exports% manuf. exports1.2%rank #111
Human capital indexindex2.6rank #88
Industry value added% GDP17.7%rank #126
Inflation%3.7%rank #102
Labour force participation rate%58.3%rank #114
Personal remittances received% GDP1.9%rank #85
R&D expenditure% GDP0.26%rank #17
Researchers in R&Dper million688.5rank #20
Tax revenue% GDP20.5%rank #35
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)1.3rank #1
Trade openness% GDP139.9%rank #20
Unemployment% labor force5.6%rank #105
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%5.8%rank #108
Vulnerable employment% employment14.9%rank #58
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2417.4%rank #120
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2418.7%rank #128
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop99.9%rank #17
Basic sanitation access% pop97.4%rank #66
Child mortalityper 1001.5rank #68
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal3,255.5rank #56
DTP3 immunization coverage%93%rank #7
Health spending% GDP5.6%rank #115
Infant mortalityper 1k births13.8rank #68
Life expectancyyears73.8rank #117
Maternal mortalityper 100k66rank #46
Measles immunization% children98%rank #2
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%98%rank #2
Physiciansper 1k1.4rank #73
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m314.1rank #74
Road traffic deathsper 100k12.2rank #49
Smoking prevalence% adults17.7%rank #57
Suicide mortality rateper 100k10.5rank #126
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k13rank #48
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births15.4rank #101
Undernourishment% pop8.7%rank #31
Education
Adult literacy%94.3%rank #18
Education spending% GDP4.2%rank #21
Expected years of schoolingyears14.2rank #82
Mean years of schoolingyears10.1rank #91
Primary completion rate% relevant age83.2%rank #89
Primary enrollment% gross107.3%rank #28
Secondary enrollment% gross90.7%rank #65
Tertiary enrollment% gross45.8%rank #52
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00010.3rank #148
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.4rank #161
Median age of populationyears36.9rank #70
Net migration rateper 1,000-2.2rank #159
Populationpeople1.24Mrank #159
Population growth%-0.16%rank #185
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years79.5rank #106
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands1,107.2rank #163
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age39rank #200
Urban population%39%rank #164
Climate
CO₂ emissionst4.67Mrank #139
CO₂ per capitat3.7rank #89
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation39.3%rank #61
Electricity from hydro% generation3.2%rank #117
Electricity from solar% generation5%rank #74
Electricity from wind% generation0.29%rank #93
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita2,465.1rank #78
Forest area% land19.5%rank #133
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita5.8rank #113
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh642.2rank #159
Renewable electricity%17.9%rank #120
Renewable energy share%8.6%rank #135
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e7.2rank #41
Society
Asylum seekerspeople440rank #53
Extreme poverty% pop0.5%rank #6
Female labor participation%47.5%rank #126
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10028rank #55
Gender Development Indexratio0.97rank #49
Gender Inequality Index0-10.35rank #79
Gini indexindex36.8rank #44
Homicide rateper 100k2.3rank #53
Human Development Index0-10.81rank #58
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.67rank #57
Internet users% pop73.3%rank #111
Life satisfaction0-105.9rank #70
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #11
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #9
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #59
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.09rank #90
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people24rank #148
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people283rank #49
Youth NEET rate%17.7%rank #92
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-101.9rank #14
Human hazard & exposure0-100.4rank #5
INFORM risk score0-102.1rank #10
Lack of coping capacity0-102.4rank #16
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-101.5rank #12
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-103.3rank #16
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.2rank #19
Socio-economic vulnerability0-102.2rank #23
Vulnerability0-101.9rank #9
Vulnerable groups0-101.6rank #12
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