Compensation of employees in Mauritius
Mauritius: Compensation of employees was 26.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Compensation of employees in Mauritius, 1973–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2023, compensation of employees in Mauritius stood at 26.6%. That is the lowest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of down 13.1% on the previous year and down 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Mauritius peaked at 45.2% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 26.6%, in 2023.
Mauritius ranks 73rd of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
Compensation of employees in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 38.8% | — |
| 1974 | 34.1% | -12.1% |
| 1975 | 32.2% | -5.6% |
| 1976 | 36.9% | +14.7% |
| 1977 | 38.3% | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 38.3% | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 39.5% | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 36.0% | -8.6% |
| 1981 | 33.7% | -6.4% |
| 1982 | 35.7% | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 38.2% | +6.8% |
| 1984 | 37.0% | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 35.1% | -4.9% |
| 1986 | 35.6% | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 36.1% | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 39.7% | +9.9% |
| 1989 | 44.6% | +12.4% |
| 1990 | 44.8% | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 41.4% | -7.6% |
| 1992 | 40.3% | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 40.4% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 45.2% | +11.9% |
| 1995 | 45.0% | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 42.0% | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 39.9% | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 39.4% | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 37.8% | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 38.2% | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 37.1% | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 38.3% | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 37.3% | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 38.2% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 39.0% | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 36.3% | -7.1% |
| 2007 | 35.4% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 33.8% | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 35.7% | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 35.2% | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 36.4% | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 36.0% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 37.8% | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 37.4% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 34.5% | -7.6% |
| 2016 | 34.8% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 36.1% | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 34.4% | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 34.3% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 29.1% | -15.1% |
| 2021 | 26.9% | -7.5% |
| 2022 | 30.7% | +14.1% |
| 2023 | 26.6% | -13.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 36.9% | 32.2% | 39.5% | 7 |
| 1980s | 37.2% | 33.7% | 44.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 41.6% | 37.8% | 45.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.9% | 33.8% | 39.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.7% | 34.3% | 37.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.3% | 26.6% | 30.7% | 4 |
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More public sector data for Mauritius
- Arms imports 4.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 3.17 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 4.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2022)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 18.47 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0015 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 15.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 23.01 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 2,003 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2022)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 9,983 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Mauritius?
- Compensation of employees in Mauritius was 26.6% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 45.2% in 1994.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.6% in 2023.
- How does Mauritius rank for compensation of employees?
- Mauritius ranks 73rd out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Compensation of employees (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Compensation of employees is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an enterprise to an employee in return for work done by the latter during the accounting period. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.