Employers, female (% of female employment) in Mauritius
Mauritius: Employers, female (% of female employment) was 1.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Mauritius, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for employers, female (% of female employment) in Mauritius is 1.0%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, female (% of female employment) in Mauritius peaked at 1.8% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2005.
That places Mauritius 144th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.7% | — |
| 1992 | 0.7% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.7% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.7% | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.7% | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.7% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.7% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.7% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7% | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.7% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.7% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 0.7% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | -16.4% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | -40.5% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | +87.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9% | +42.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | -13.7% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | +85.0% |
| 2010 | 1.7% | +12.0% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | -12.6% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | -29.9% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | +25.3% |
| 2014 | 1.8% | +37.6% |
| 2015 | 1.5% | -17.2% |
| 2016 | 1.7% | +12.3% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | -32.7% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -32.3% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | +120.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | -38.8% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 1.0% | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 1.0% | +0.6% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 1.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.2%, 45% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 1.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.4%, 69% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, female (% of female employment) in Mauritius changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +120.6% | 0.7% | 1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.4% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
More work & labour data for Mauritius
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -1.42 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -1.34 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -1.49 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.32 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.4521 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 604.35 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 616.68 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 298.03 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 283.69 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 581.72 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, female (% of female employment) in Mauritius?
- Employers, female (% of female employment) in Mauritius was 1.0% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2014.
- What is the lowest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2005.
- How does Mauritius rank for employers, female (% of female employment)?
- Mauritius ranks 144th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).