Health in Mauritius

292 indicators covering health for Mauritius.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 8.7% 2024 down 3.3% 103rd
Prevalence of stunting, height for age 7.8% 2024 down 3.7% 106th
Hospital beds 3.8 per 1,000 people 2023 up 10.1% 46th
Tuberculosis death rate 1.2 per 100,000 people 2024 down 20.0% 124th
Incidence of tuberculosis 13 per 100,000 people 2024 down 18.8% 139th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 100.0% 2024 up 0.1% 1st
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 98.2% 2024 up 2.4% 64th
People practicing open defecation, urban 0.2% 2024 up 47.5% 72nd
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 99.9% 2024 up 0.3% 36th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 96.8% 2024 up 3.5% 53rd
People using at least basic drinking water services 99.9% 2024 up 0.2% 47th
People practicing open defecation, rural 0.3% 2024 up 41.7% 89th
People using at least basic sanitation services 97.4% 2024 up 3.0% 83rd
Tuberculosis case detection rate 65.0% 2024 up 6.6% 162nd
People practicing open defecation 0.3% 2024 up 43.9% 97th
Current health expenditure 5.6% 2023 up 20.4% 116th
Current health expenditure per capita 616.21 current US$ 2023 up 40.0% 79th
Out-of-pocket expenditure 45.2% 2023 down 14.9% 42nd
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 278.79 current US$ 2023 up 19.1% 60th
Domestic general government health expenditure 44.3% 2023 up 6.0% 128th
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 694.15 current international $ 2023 up 102.2% 91st
Domestic private health expenditure 53.7% 2023 down 5.4% 41st
Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 1,566 current international $ 2023 up 90.7% 74th
Domestic private health expenditure per capita 330.94 current US$ 2023 up 32.5% 63rd
Immunization, Hib3 93.0% 2024 down 4.1% 78th
Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 1.54 deaths per 100 live births 2024 up 4.4% 97th
Reported cases of measles 0 Cases 2024 146th
Child mortality by income level of country 1.54 deaths per 100 live births 2024 up 4.4% 97th
Number of infant deaths 161 2024 down 10.1% 147th
Number of under-five deaths 181 2024 down 11.3% 147th
Number of neonatal deaths 111 2024 down 10.5% 147th
Child mortality vs. health spending 1.54 deaths per 100 live births 2024 up 4.4% 97th
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 98.0% 2024 unchanged 22nd
Adolescent fertility rate 19.2 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 22.5% 128th
Sex ratio at birth 1.03 male births per female births 2024 down 0.3% 175th
Domestic general government health expenditure 8.2% 2023 up 2.9% 126th
External health expenditure 2.0% 2023 up 38.6% 90th
External health expenditure per capita 12.11 current US$ 2023 up 94.1% 57th
External health expenditure per capita, PPP 30.78 current international $ 2023 up 164.2% 60th
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 32.8% 2023 up 52.6% 55th
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 32.8% 2023 up 54.0% 54th
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 32.4% 2023 up 6.6% 66th
Stillbirth rate 8.9 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 6.3% 88th
Life expectancy vs. health spending 74.93 years 2023 up 0.7% 123rd
Prevalence of undernourishment 8.7% 2023 up 29.9% 61st
Immunization, measles second dose 96.0% 2024 up 12.9% 25th
Tuberculosis treatment success rate 65.0% 2023 down 26.1% 172nd
Prevalence of hypertension, female 32.0% 2019 down 11.4% 142nd
Prevalence of hypertension, male 34.2% 2019 down 11.4% 135th
Prevalence of hypertension 33.1% 2019 down 11.5% 137th
Treatment for hypertension, female 66.2% 2019 up 23.0% 23rd
Treatment for hypertension, male 54.4% 2019 up 31.4% 17th
Treatment for hypertension 60.2% 2019 up 26.7% 21st
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years 65 2024 down 14.5% 155th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female 4 2024 down 42.9% 162nd
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male 5 2024 down 44.4% 162nd
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, female 6 2024 down 33.3% 158th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, male 7 2024 down 41.7% 160th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, female 23 2024 down 11.5% 156th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, male 42 2024 down 16.0% 155th