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Topic 05 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Mauritius: Health & Wellbeing
How long, and how well fed, do people live?
Mauritius is placed 122nd of 200 countries on health & wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Life Expectancy at Birth 74.93 (2023); Under-Five Mortality Rate 15.37 (2024).
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Health & Wellbeing
122nd
of 200 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
- 74.93Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023Years a newborn would live at current death rates
- 15.37Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2024Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
- —Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024No reading for this country
- 12.2Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2024Population in severe food insecurity (%)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Mauritius on health & wellbeing — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Life Expectancy at Birth
UN DESA Population Division
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
74.93
Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Higher is better
Mauritius: 74.93. Across the 222 countries in this edition, values run from 54.46 (Nigeria) to 86.37 (Monaco); the world median is 74.63.
- World median
- 74.63
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 74.93 Mauritius
Key 2 of 4
Under-Five Mortality Rate
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
15.37
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Lower is better
Mauritius: 15.37. Across the 200 countries in this edition, values run from 1.26 (San Marino) to 115.65 (Nigeria); the world median is 14.54.
- World median
- 14.54
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 13.96 Seychelles
Key 3 of 4
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
Lower is better
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) publishes no reading from 2014–2024 for Mauritius, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 162 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.518 (Latvia) to 52.8 (Burundi); the world median is 13.8.
- World median
- 13.8
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 7.917 Seychelles
Key 4 of 4
Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
12.2
Population in severe food insecurity (%)
Lower is better
Mauritius: 12.2. Across the 125 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Brazil) to 62.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 4.9.
- World median
- 4.9
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 12.2 Mauritius
02Over time
Which way Mauritius is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Life Expectancy at Birth
Years a newborn would live at current death rates · higher is better
MauritiusWorld median
Mauritius rose from 71.76 in 2000 to 74.93 in 2023; the world median went from 70.68 to 74.63.
Every year’s figures
Year Mauritius World median 2023 74.93 74.630 2022 73.54 74.313 2021 72.90 72.433 2020 74.66 73.063 2019 74.18 74.196 2018 74.49 74.081 2017 75.02 74.029 2016 74.85 74.013 2015 74.67 73.783 2014 74.61 73.330 2013 74.43 73.386 2012 74.33 73.210 2011 74.07 73.003 2010 73.65 72.827 2009 73.26 72.426 2008 73.12 72.264 2007 72.89 72.113 2006 72.78 72.027 2005 72.64 71.876 2004 72.55 71.477 2003 72.31 71.409 2002 72.05 71.173 2001 71.99 70.926 2000 71.76 70.678 Under-Five Mortality Rate
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) · lower is better
MauritiusWorld median
Mauritius fell from 18.8 in 2000 to 15.37 in 2024; the world median went from 30.43 to 14.54.
Every year’s figures
Year Mauritius World median 2024 15.3670 14.5 2023 15.3918 15.2 2022 15.5335 14.7 2021 15.7408 15.1 2020 15.8199 15.3 2019 15.7005 15.7 2018 15.4039 16.3 2017 15.0060 16.8 2016 14.6475 17.5 2015 14.5340 17.9 2014 14.7138 18.3 2013 14.9411 18.7 2012 14.9903 18.8 2011 14.8981 19.0 2010 14.8268 19.2 2009 14.8626 20.8 2008 14.9910 20.7 2007 15.1832 21.8 2006 15.4036 22.8 2005 15.5873 24.0 2004 15.7421 25.9 2003 16.0197 26.9 2002 16.5953 28.0 2001 17.5178 29.1 2000 18.7988 30.4 Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Population in severe food insecurity (%) · lower is better
MauritiusWorld median
Mauritius rose from 5.2 in 2015 to 12.2 in 2024; the world median went from 3.4 to 4.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Mauritius World median 2024 12.2 4.9 2023 12.2 4.7 2022 10.2 5.4 2021 10.5 5.7 2020 9.1 5.6 2019 8.3 5.0 2018 6.8 4.2 2017 6.2 4.0 2016 5.9 3.4 2015 5.2 3.4
03In context
Mauritius beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 200 countries on health & wellbeing, never a place within the region.
Mauritius and Eastern Africa
Mauritius has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 200; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Life Expectancy at BirthYears a newborn would live at current death rates | Under-Five Mortality RateDeaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) | Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveChildren under 5 who are stunted (%) | Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityPopulation in severe food insecurity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Seychelles | 108th | 72.862 | 13.96 | 7.917 | — |
| Mauritius | 122nd | 74.926 | 15.37 | 13.6 | 12.2 |
 Comoros | =152nd | 66.777 | 38.97 | 18.17 | — |
 Eritrea | =152nd | 68.624 | 34.3 | 52.53 | — |
 Uganda | =159th | 68.252 | 48.71 | 24.4 | 12.7 |
 Rwanda | 164th | 67.785 | 37.74 | 33.12 | — |
 Kenya | 166th | 63.646 | 38.85 | 17.6 | 26.5 |
 Tanzania | 169th | 66.995 | 37 | 30.01 | 22.9 |
 Djibouti | 170th | 65.987 | 48.86 | 25.47 | — |
 Ethiopia | 173rd | 67.315 | 44.5 | 36.78 | 16.6 |
 Zambia | 174th | 66.349 | 48.37 | 34.59 | 17.2 |
 Zimbabwe | 181st | 62.775 | 64.66 | 25.9 | 25.3 |
 Malawi | 182nd | 67.354 | 48.78 | 34.9 | 58.1 |
 Burundi | =186th | 63.651 | 47.06 | 52.8 | 20.9 |
 Madagascar | =186th | 63.632 | 62.4 | 39.84 | 16.9 |
 Mozambique | 189th | 63.611 | 59.42 | 36.73 | — |
 Somalia | 199th | 58.816 | 101.07 | 25.3 | — |
 South Sudan | 200th | 57.617 | 96.71 | 31.28 | 62.9 |
| Somaliland | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Eastern Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 200.
Placed either side on health & wellbeing
The countries immediately above and below Mauritius in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Mauritius is ahead of the world, and behind
42 more statistics filed under health & wellbeing, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median17
Statistics on which Mauritius does better than the middle country measured.
Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 PandemicAriel Karlinsky and Dmitry Kobak (World Mortality Dataset) · 2026 · world median 272.35100.5272.35No earlier reading
Mauritius: 100.5 · world median 272.35 · Excess deaths per 100,000 people, March 2020 to the end of each country's data (at most December 2023). Ariel Karlinsky and Dmitry Kobak (World Mortality Dataset), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from -264.9 to 1,013; lower is better.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.4803.48No real change since 2015
Mauritius: 0 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
HPV Vaccination Coverage, GirlsWUENIC · 2025 · world median 65.58765.5▼ Worsened since 2018
Mauritius: 87 · world median 65.5 · Girls in the target group given the final dose of HPV vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 99; higher is better.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 909790▼ Worsened since 2015
Mauritius: 97 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Vegetable Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 102.69153.35102.69▲ Improved since 2013
Mauritius: 153.35 · world median 102.69 · Vegetables available as food (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.89 to 412.72; higher is better.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 919691No real change since 2015
Mauritius: 96 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8581.6832.858No real change since 2014
Mauritius: 1.683 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 141st of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Births Attended by Skilled Health StaffUNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) · 2023 · world median 99.399.899.3▲ Improved since 2013
Mauritius: 99.8 · world median 99.3 · Births attended by skilled health staff (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 60.9 to 100; higher is better.
Position 23rd of 84 · derived.
Dietary Energy SupplyFAO · 2024 · world median 2,9823,3192,982▲ Improved since 2014
Mauritius: 3,319 · world median 2,982 · Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1,757 to 3,962; higher is better.
Position 49th of 155 · derived.
Human Capital IndexWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 0.5640.6220.564▲ Improved since 2010
Mauritius: 0.622 · world median 0.564 · HCI score (0–1). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 0.292 to 0.879; higher is better.
Position 58th of 172 · derived.
Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.7620.8060.762No real change since 2013
Mauritius: 0.806 · world median 0.762 · HDI score (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.388 to 0.972; higher is better.
Ranked 73rd of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 16.3917.4816.39No real change since 2013
Mauritius: 17.48 · world median 16.39 · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 12.13 to 23.21; higher is better.
Position 85th of 222 · derived.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.998.496.9No earlier reading
Mauritius: 98.4 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · 2023 · world median 14.4512.414.45▼ Worsened since 2013
Mauritius: 12.4 · world median 14.45 · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³). Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 68.2; lower is better.
Position 133rd of 220 · derived, 1st = worst.
Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 26.417.826.4▼ Worsened since 2017
Mauritius: 17.8 · world median 26.4 · Share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 93.9; lower is better.
Position 86th of 145 · derived, 1st = worst.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.4619.7727.46▼ Worsened since 2013
Mauritius: 19.77 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 131st of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Overweight Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 5.54.7675.5▼ Worsened since 2014
Mauritius: 4.767 · world median 5.5 · Children under 5 who are overweight (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.623 to 26.43; lower is better.
Position 95th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median16
Statistics on which Mauritius does worse than the middle country measured.
Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.3510.3520.351▼ Worsened since 2013
Mauritius: 0.352 · world median 0.351 · GII (0 = full equality, 1 = maximum inequality). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 0.838; lower is better.
Ranked 87th of 172 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and TubersFAO · 2022 · world median 414241No real change since 2012
Mauritius: 42 · world median 41 · Share of dietary energy supply from cereals, roots and tubers (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 21 to 82; lower is better.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.2613.8212.26▼ Worsened since 2014
Mauritius: 13.82 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 93rd of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 133.7143.76133.7▼ Worsened since 2013
Mauritius: 143.76 · world median 133.7 · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 25.15 to 415.44; lower is better.
Position 100th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.1638.9018.163▼ Worsened since 2013
Mauritius: 8.901 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 90th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.6565.946.65▼ Worsened since 2013
Mauritius: 65.9 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 85th of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.1349.5918.134▼ Worsened since 2014
Mauritius: 9.591 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 84th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food InsecurityFAO · 2024 · world median 20.928.220.9▼ Worsened since 2015
Mauritius: 28.2 · world median 20.9 · Population in moderate or severe food insecurity (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 88.8; lower is better.
Position 55th of 135 · derived, 1st = worst.
Fatal Occupational InjuriesILO · 2023 · world median 2.0052.62.005▼ Worsened since 2018
Mauritius: 2.6 · world median 2.005 · Fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 workers. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.12 to 8.409; lower is better.
Prevalence of UndernourishmentFAO · 2023 · world median 5.28.75.2▼ Worsened since 2013
Mauritius: 8.7 · world median 5.2 · Population undernourished (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 54.2; lower is better.
Position 59th of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.2557.871.25▲ Improved since 2013
Mauritius: 57.8 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 136th of 196 · derived.
Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric ConsumptionFAO · 2024 · world median 0.250.30.25▼ Worsened since 2014
Mauritius: 0.3 · world median 0.25 · Coefficient of variation of habitual calorie consumption across the population (standard deviation ÷ mean). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.17 to 0.4; lower is better.
Fruit Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 84.8357.6384.83▼ Worsened since 2013
Mauritius: 57.63 · world median 84.83 · Fruit available as food, excluding wine (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.27 to 379.63; higher is better.
Agreement That Vaccines Are SafeWellcome Trust · 2018 · world median 77.6562.9477.65No earlier reading
Mauritius: 62.94 · world median 77.65 · People aged 15+ who agree that vaccines are safe (% of those who had heard of vaccines). Wellcome Trust, 2018 edition, data for 2018.
Published values in that edition run from 29.29 to 97.91; higher is better.
Position 120th of 144 · derived.
Low Birthweight PrevalenceUNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) · 2020 · world median 10.2118.6910.21No real change since 2010
Mauritius: 18.69 · world median 10.21 · Live births weighing under 2,500 g (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates), 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 3.993 to 27.44; lower is better.
Position 11th of 158 · derived, 1st = worst.
Wasting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 3.54615.73.546No earlier reading
Mauritius: 15.7 · world median 3.546 · Children under 5 who are wasted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.1 to 22.74; lower is better.
Position 5th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end9
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.7316.791.73Moved since 2014
Mauritius: 16.79 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 18th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry OnWellcome Trust · 2020 · world median 20.0532.3920.05No earlier reading
Mauritius: 32.39 · world median 20.05 · People aged 15+ who have ever been too anxious or depressed to continue their usual activities for two weeks or more (%). Wellcome Trust, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 2.934 to 49.35.
Fish and Seafood Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 16.1729.416.17Moved since 2013
Mauritius: 29.4 · world median 16.17 · Fish and seafood available as food (kg per person per year, live-weight equivalent). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 83.81.
Cost of a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 4.554.844.55Moved since 2017
Mauritius: 4.84 · world median 4.55 · Cost of the cheapest locally available healthy diet, PPP dollars per person per day. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.66 to 8.27.
Meat Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 57.8364.5557.83Moved since 2013
Mauritius: 64.55 · world median 57.83 · Meat available as food (kg per person per year, carcass weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.49 to 156.95.
Average Weekly Hours WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 38.8938.2438.89Moved since 2015
Mauritius: 38.24 · world median 38.89 · Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.64 to 54.7.
Position 98th of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health SpendingWorld Bank Group · 2019 · world median 6.885.5916.88No earlier reading
Mauritius: 5.591 · world median 6.88 · Population in households spending more than 10% of their budget on health out of pocket (%). World Bank Group, 2019 edition, data for 2019.
Published values in that edition run from 0.133 to 31.21.
Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 41.2536.241.25Moved since 2013
Mauritius: 36.2 · world median 41.25 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using any contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.6 to 78.7.
Modern Contraceptive PrevalenceUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 35.42535.4Moved since 2013
Mauritius: 25 · world median 35.4 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using a modern contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 73.8.
No current reading for Mauritius
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four Visits, Caesarean Section Rate, Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of Pneumonia, Children with Functional Difficulties, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with Diarrhoea, Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two Days, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months and Violent Discipline of Children. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Health & Wellbeing among Mauritius’s 16 topics
Health & Wellbeing is Mauritius’s 13th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Digital & Technology20th of 1984/4 keys
- Peace & Security25th of 1774/4 keys
- Food & Agriculturejoint 34th of 1844/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation36th of 1764/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions41st of 1944/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties46th of 1984/4 keys
- Education & Knowledgejoint 61st of 1984/4 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 66th of 1934/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality61st of 1593/3 keys
- Gender & Equality72nd of 1833/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital80th of 1963/3 keys
- Mobility & Trade78th of 1774/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing122nd of 2003/4 keys
- Work & Labour114th of 1824/4 keys
- Energyjoint 110th of 1653/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 158th of 1864/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on health & wellbeing
The three countries placed highest of 200, and the leaders Mauritius can most readily be measured against.
1
San MarinoSouthern Europe
1st of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Matl derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
MonacoWestern Europe
2nd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
AndorraSouthern Europe
3rd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
South Korea5th4/4 keysHighest in Africa
Cabo Verde80th4/4 keysHighest in Eastern Africa
Seychelles108th2/4 keysThis page
Mauritius122nd3/4 keys
Positions out of 200 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Mauritius and health & wellbeing
On health & wellbeing
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On health & wellbeing
World Happiness Report 2025: Finland Leads Again as the US and UK Face Major Declines
The ten highest life evaluations of 2025, drawn on a world map, and the six things the report uses to explain them. Costa Rica and Mexico are the only two outside Europe and the Middle East.
08Questions
Mauritius on health & wellbeing: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Mauritius rank on health & wellbeing?
Mauritius is placed 122nd of 200 countries on Health & Wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Life Expectancy at Birth, Under-Five Mortality Rate and Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Life Expectancy at Birth figure for Mauritius?
74.93 in 2023 (years a newborn would live at current death rates), according to UN DESA Population Division. The world median in the same edition was 74.63.
What is the latest Under-Five Mortality Rate figure for Mauritius?
15.37 in 2024 (deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)), according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The world median in the same edition was 14.54.
How have Mauritius’s health & wellbeing figures changed?
Life Expectancy at Birth rose from 71.76 in 2000 to 74.93 in 2023; Under-Five Mortality Rate fell from 18.8 in 2000 to 15.37 in 2024; Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity rose from 5.2 in 2015 to 12.2 in 2024.
Which health & wellbeing statistics are missing for Mauritius?
No current reading is published for Mauritius on Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four Visits, Caesarean Section Rate, Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of Pneumonia, Children with Functional Difficulties, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with Diarrhoea, Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two Days, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months and Violent Discipline of Children. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Health spending, hospital beds and doctors per person are not measured, because more of any of them does not guarantee better outcomes. Mental health and self-reported happiness are not part of this topic. Food supply per person is measured under Food & Agriculture. Maternal mortality and many other indicators are published here as context; maternal mortality is a key in Development & Human Capital instead.
How the Health & Wellbeing standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The health & wellbeing method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Life Expectancy at Birth — UN DESA Population Division, CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Under-Five Mortality Rate — UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five — UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 42 statistics on this page come from 16 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Mauritius’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Mauritius (banner) — Damiano Luchetti, CC0
- San Marino — Matl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Monaco — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andorra — Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Mauritius: Health & Wellbeing — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/mauritius/health