Human Development & Quality of Life in Mauritius
HDI 0.806 · UNDP rank 73 · latest published data
Mauritius enters the 2025 UNDP report with a 2023 HDI of 0.806 and rank 73, within the very high human development group. More revealing for this profile, the gender-development lens adds GDI 0.971 in UNDP group 2, which is kept separate from the headline HDI. At the same time, distribution materially changes the headline, with IHDI 0.669 and a 17.0% loss from HDI.
What sits inside Mauritius's HDI
The 2023 HDI profile for Mauritius rests on life expectancy of 74.9, schooling measures of 14.2 expected years and 10.1 mean years, plus GNI per capita of $27,280 in 2021 PPP dollars. The page keeps those components visible so the composite index is not read in isolation.
Inequality changes the headline
For Mauritius, IHDI asks how the HDI changes once unequal achievement across people is considered, the adjustment is about distribution rather than subjective well-being.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
The broader UNDP dashboard for Mauritius adds GDI 0.971, GII 0.352 to the HDI result. They complement one another, but none is treated as a substitute for another.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
For Mauritius, the page has no verified OECD life-satisfaction observation to report.
What Mauritius's numbers say together
Mauritius's non-headline measures include IHDI 0.669 with a 17.0% loss; GDI 0.971. They are related indicators, but they should not be combined into one country score.
For 2023, Mauritius records HDI 0.806 and rank 73 in the UNDP table. The result should be read as a composite of health, schooling and income outcomes. For the profile as a whole, use the UNDP definition rather than a proxy before drawing conclusions from small differences.
The IHDI is 0.669, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 17.0% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.971 in group 2; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
Frequently asked questions
What is Mauritius's HDI?
The UNDP table records Mauritius at 0.806 on HDI in 2023, with global rank 73.
How does inequality affect Mauritius's HDI?
UNDP reports IHDI 0.669 for Mauritius, which is 17.0% below the headline HDI after inequality across the three dimensions is taken into account.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
This profile does not fill the quality-of-life section for Mauritius simply to complete the layout. When the indicator is reused, avoid turning the indicator into a general country score before comparing it with a quality-of-life observation.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI is an objective development index based on health, education and income. Subjective well-being is kept outside the HDI calculation.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.