Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Mauritius
Mauritius: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 5.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Mauritius, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Mauritius is 5.6%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 4.7% on the previous year and up 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Mauritius peaked at 6.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 2000.
Mauritius ranks 117th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.4% | 2.9% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.1% | 4.2% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.0% | 5.6% | 6.6% | 4 |
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More health data for Mauritius
- Age dependency ratio 40.2% (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 8,271 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 7,532 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 7,850 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 7,137 (2025)
- Population, female 623,563 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 6,824 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 6,591 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 7,121 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, old 19.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Mauritius?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Mauritius was 5.6% in 2023, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 6.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 2000.
- How does Mauritius rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Mauritius ranks 117th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total healthcare expenditure as the share of national gross domestic product (GDP).