International tourism, number of departures in Mauritius
Mauritius: International tourism, number of departures was 65,000 in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, number of departures in Mauritius, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 65,000 for international tourism, number of departures in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 79.7% on the previous year and down 69.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, number of departures in Mauritius peaked at 320,000 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 65,000, in 2020.
Mauritius ranks 106th of 117 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, number of departures in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 107,000 | — |
| 1996 | 120,000 | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 132,000 | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 143,000 | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 154,000 | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 163,000 | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 161,000 | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 162,000 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 161,000 | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 180,000 | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 183,000 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 186,000 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 213,000 | +14.5% |
| 2008 | 226,000 | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 196,000 | -13.3% |
| 2010 | 212,000 | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 219,000 | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 237,000 | +8.2% |
| 2013 | 228,000 | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 223,000 | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 242,000 | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 260,000 | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 283,000 | +8.8% |
| 2018 | 296,000 | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 320,000 | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 65,000 | -79.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 131,200 | 107,000 | 154,000 | 5 |
| 2000s | 183,100 | 161,000 | 226,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 252,000 | 212,000 | 320,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 65,000 | 65,000 | 65,000 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 103 Sierra Leone 122,000 compare
- 104 Papua New Guinea 92,000 compare
- 105 Republic of Moldova 75,000 compare
- 107 New Caledonia 48,000 compare
- 108 Central African Republic 38,000 compare
- 108 Turkmenistan 38,000 compare
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, number of departures in Mauritius?
- International tourism, number of departures in Mauritius was 65,000 in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, number of departures recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 320,000 in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, number of departures recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 65,000 in 2020.
- How does Mauritius rank for international tourism, number of departures?
- Mauritius ranks 106th out of 117 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, number of departures rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.3%. 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, number of departures. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.