Poverty & Inequality in Mauritius 31 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Mauritius. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys 2025 down 50.0% 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 49.2% 47th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 62.4% 67th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.24 live births per woman 2023 down 12.5% 213th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 11,643 kg per hectare 2023 up 261.7% 6th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 219.6% 13th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 25.91 % change on previous year 2023 up 615.2% 13th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 21.14 2023 up 12.7% 83rd Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 21.1% 2023 up 12.7% 83rd Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 0.4% 50th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 2.66 % change on previous year 2023 up 413.1% 88th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.352 2023 up 2.3% 84th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.5% 2023 up 8.8% 78th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1097 2023 up 0.2% 97th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1097 2023 up 0.2% 97th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1391 2023 up 4.6% 85th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3144 2023 down 4.6% 66th Population living in slums 48.7% 2022 down 21.7% 33rd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.669 2023 up 6.2% 69th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.669 2023 up 6.2% 69th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.669 2023 up 6.2% 69th Three metrics of inequality 57.47 2017 up 2.1% 45th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5747 2017 up 2.1% 45th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 278.79 2023 up 19.1% 59th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0159 2024 up 189.2% 122nd Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 up 100.0% 107th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 19,522 2017 up 32.6% 52nd Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 47.4% 2017 up 3.5% 37th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 15.9% 2017 up 15.6% 46th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 35.1% 2024 up 53.6% 31st