Unemployment Rate in Mauritius decreased to 5.60 percent in the third quarter of 2025 from 5.90 percent in the second quarter of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Mauritius averaged 7.54 percent from 1983 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 19.70 percent in the fourth quarter of 1983 and a record low of 2.70 percent in the fourth quarter of 1991. source: Central Statistics Office, Mauritius

Unemployment Rate in Mauritius is expected to be 5.40 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Mauritius Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 5.30 percent in 2026 and 5.20 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-09-30 10:00 AM
Unemployment Rate
Q2 5.9% 6% 6.00%
2025-12-23 10:00 AM
Unemployment Rate
Q3 5.6% 5.9% 5.80%
2026-03-31 10:00 AM
Unemployment Rate
Q4 5.6% 5.4%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Employed Persons 556.40 510.10 Thousand Sep 2025
Employment Rate 94.40 94.10 percent Sep 2025
Job Vacancies 5297.00 6384.00 Dec 2024
Labour Costs 129.10 123.20 points Dec 2024
Population 1.26 1.26 Million Dec 2024
Productivity 108.00 106.00 points Dec 2024
Unemployed Persons 32.80 34.20 Thousand Sep 2025
Unemployment Rate 5.60 5.90 percent Sep 2025
Wages 43488.00 39206.00 MUR/Month Dec 2024
Wages in Manufacturing 156.60 155.80 points Sep 2025


Mauritius Unemployment Rate
In Mauritius, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
5.60 5.90 19.70 2.70 1983 - 2025 percent Quarterly