MUR
Mauritius
Mauritius's corporate tax is 15.00 %, ranked 17th of 96. And its government debt is 86.50 %, ranked 101st of 124.
Of 16 fields published for Mauritius, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
39 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$1,629 PPP/mo
The average employee in Mauritius earns about $1,629 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
32.20 %
100 saved in Mauritius in 2000 buys what 32 buys today — 68 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$1,629 PPP/mo
The average employee in Mauritius earns about $1,629 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$753 PPP/mo
The law in Mauritius sets the floor at about $753 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
0.87 %
A bank account in Mauritius currently gains about 0.9 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
4.54 %
Inflation rate
3.67 %
At 3.7 % a year, prices double in about 20 years if it holds.
Price level
39 % of US prices
ranked 46th of 125
Bank spread
4.46 %
ranked 26th of 62
Minimum wage
$753 PPP/mo
ranked 37th of 86
Where Mauritius sits, field by field
Each dot is Mauritius’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Corporate tax15.00 %17 of 96
- Government debt86.50 %101 of 124
- Price level39 % of US prices46 of 125
- Debt per person$11,23776 of 123
- Bank spread4.46 %26 of 62
- Minimum wage$753 PPP/mo37 of 86
- Unemployment rate5.63 %71 of 124
- Inflation rate3.67 %55 of 126
- Average monthly salary$1,629 PPP/mo52 of 92
- Money's value32.20 %65 of 116
- GDP growth3.15 %57 of 127
- Deposit rate4.54 %39 of 70
- Lending rate9.00 %36 of 67
- Median salary$1,255 PPP/mo41 of 78
- GDP per capita$12,99165 of 127
- Savings vs inflation0.87 %35 of 70
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Croatia
avg gap 15.9 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: monthly earnings — $1,629 PPP/mo (Mauritius) vs $4,237 PPP/mo
Romania
avg gap 16.2 pp · 15 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — 3.15 % (Mauritius) vs 0.68 %
Slovakia
avg gap 16.4 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — 3.15 % (Mauritius) vs 0.81 %
Montenegro
avg gap 16.6 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: deposit rate — 4.54 % (Mauritius) vs 0.27 %
| Average monthly salary | $1,629 PPP/mo | ranked 52nd of 92 | |
| Money's value | 32.20 % | ranked 65th of 116 | |
| GDP growth | 3.15 % | ranked 57th of 127 | |
| Deposit rate | 4.54 % | ranked 39th of 70 | |
| Lending rate | 9.00 % | ranked 36th of 67 | |
| Median salary | $1,255 PPP/mo | ranked 41st of 78 | |
| GDP per capita | $12,991 | ranked 65th of 127 | |
| Savings vs inflation | 0.87 % | ranked 35th of 70 |
✓ 16 fields published for Mauritius, every one dated and sourced · 19 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Mauritius: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, top income tax, public holidays, currency.
Sources for all 16 figures
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
What changed
| 9 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 7423 → 11237 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 57.1349404640455 → 86.5 |