Environment in Mauritius

2,392 indicators covering environment for Mauritius.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity 3,533 t 2024 up 52.6% 123rd
Pesticides (total) — Export quantity 44.36 t 2024 up 66.9% 116th
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 13.2% 2024 up 62.5% 125th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 271.1% 2024 up 14.8% 60th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 8.0% 2024 down 21.8% 136th
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 251.0% 2024 up 27.1% 28th
Coal rents 0.0% 2021 71st
Wood-based panels — Production, per square kilometre 0 m3 per square kilometre 2023 116th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per square 0.013 t per square kilometre 2023 down 98.6% 58th
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use 1,255 t 2024 up 58.5% 100th
Insecticides — Agricultural Use 397 t 2024 up 58.2% 78th
Fungicides and Bactericides — Agricultural Use 126 t 2024 down 12.5% 109th
Herbicides — Agricultural Use 312 t 2024 down 16.4% 108th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 0 t 2024 58th
Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 78th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate -50 % change on previous year 2024 down 215.1% 94th
Plant Growth Regulators — Agricultural Use 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 95th
Other Pesticides nes — Agricultural Use 419 t 2024 27th
Forest land — Share in Land area 19.15 % 2024 down 0.1% 158th
Wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 70.1% 116th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 79.9% 120th
Other land — Area 79.99 1000 ha 2024 down 0.2% 193rd
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 4.26 g/Int$ 2024 up 89.3% 17th
Solid biofuels — Energy production 6,112 TJ 2024 down 36.5% 128th
Fuelwood — Energy production 134.1 TJ 2024 down 53.9% 163rd
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 36 t 2024 up 1,100.0% 111th
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 20 1000 USD 2024 up 566.7% 120th
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre 0.0095 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 16th
Asses — Stocks 60 An 2023 unchanged 111th
Asses — Amount excreted in manure 1,310 kg 2023 unchanged 111th
Asses — Manure left on pasture 1,297 kg 2023 unchanged 111th
Asses — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 259.31 kg 2023 unchanged 111th
Asses — Manure left on pasture that leaches 388.96 kg 2023 unchanged 111th
Asses — Manure management 26.19 kg 2023 unchanged 99th
Asses — Losses from manure treated 0 kg 2023 1st
Asses — Manure applied to soils 26.19 kg 2023 unchanged 99th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 5.24 kg 2023 unchanged 99th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that leaches 7.86 kg 2023 unchanged 99th
Veneer sheets — Production 0 m3 2024 134th
Recovered paper — Export value 843 1000 USD 2024 down 20.5% 100th
Recovered paper — Export quantity 5,157 t 2024 down 34.0% 107th
Total Bioenergy — Energy production 6,272 TJ 2024 down 36.5% 127th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import quantity 1 t 2024 160th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import value 2 1000 USD 2024 165th
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption 647.47 TJ 2024 down 60.6% 152nd
Municipal water withdrawal 313.00 million cubic meters 2023 up 42.3% 101st
Fuelwood — Energy consumption 120.55 TJ 2024 down 52.2% 157th
Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption 647.47 TJ 2024 down 60.6% 153rd
Asses — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0 LSU/ha 2023 42nd
Asses — Share in total livestock 0.01 %LSU 2023 unchanged 105th
Asses — Stocks 18 LSU 2023 unchanged 112th
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 5,758 t 2024 up 27.8% 87th
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 8,823 1000 USD 2024 up 39.3% 90th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Agriculture 0.0141 Mt CO2e 2024 down 34.4% 97th
Pulp for paper — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0325 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 87.8% 85th
Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0235 t per square kilometre 2023 down 92.3% 87th
Chemical wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 0.01 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 96.2% 108th
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.012 t per square kilometre 2023 down 96.1% 99th
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution 14.06 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 down 7.5% 127th
Charcoal — Energy production 7.79 TJ 2024 down 56.0% 131st