International tourism, expenditures in Mauritius
Mauritius: International tourism, expenditures was 4.3% in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures in Mauritius, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
In 2020, international tourism, expenditures in Mauritius stood at 4.3%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 51.8% on the previous year and down 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Mauritius peaked at 10.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 2020.
Mauritius ranks 70th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 7.5% | — |
| 1996 | 7.3% | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 7.2% | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 7.7% | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 7.4% | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 7.5% | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 8.1% | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 7.9% | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 7.6% | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 7.7% | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 7.1% | -7.3% |
| 2006 | 7.3% | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 7.3% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 7.8% | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 7.5% | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 6.9% | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 5.8% | -16.2% |
| 2012 | 5.2% | -9.7% |
| 2013 | 6.2% | +19.4% |
| 2014 | 6.7% | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 9.4% | +39.5% |
| 2016 | 10.6% | +12.7% |
| 2017 | 10.3% | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 8.8% | -14.4% |
| 2019 | 8.9% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 4.3% | -51.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.4% | 7.2% | 7.7% | 5 |
| 2000s | 7.6% | 7.1% | 8.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.9% | 5.2% | 10.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
More private sector data for Mauritius
- Merchandise trade 57.4% (2025)
- Food imports 21.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 54.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 6.94 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 50.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 46.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,883 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1449 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -1.1 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Mauritius?
- International tourism, expenditures in Mauritius was 4.3% in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 10.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3% in 2020.
- How does Mauritius rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Mauritius ranks 70th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.