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Mauritius GDP per capita: the long-term nominal trend
World Bank data show a substantial long-term rise in Mauritius GDP per capita measured in current US dollars, from $238.25 in 1960 to $11,990.78 in 2024. The path was not uninterrupted, and the nominal measure cannot by itself establish changes in real living standards.
Stored source and calculations checked
Source used
- Institution
- World Bank
- Dataset
- World Development Indicators
- Country
- Mauritius (MUS)
- Indicator
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD— GDP per capita (current US$)- Data period used
- 1960 to 2024
- World Bank data last updated
- 8 April 2026
- Stored response retrieved
- 27 June 2026 at 07:13:10 UTC
What the data show
The first valid observation is $238.25 in 1960. The latest valid observation is $11,990.78 in 2024, which is also the highest value in the stored series. The ratio is:
$11,990.78 ÷ $238.25 = 50.33
Expressed as a nominal percentage change, this is approximately 4,932.8%. Because both observations are in current US dollars, that long-period percentage should not be read as a change in real purchasing power.
The trend was not uninterrupted. There were 17 year-on-year declines in the 65-value series. The largest was from $11,568.25 in 2019 to $9,135.85 in 2020, a fall of 21.0%. By 2024, the value was 31.2% above 2020 and 3.7% above 2019.
Selected observations
| Year | GDP per capita (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 1960 | $238.25 |
| 1980 | $1,187.35 |
| 2000 | $3,981.98 |
| 2010 | $8,113.18 |
| 2019 | $11,568.25 |
| 2020 | $9,135.85 |
| 2024 | $11,990.78 |
Values are rounded to two decimal places for display. Calculations used the unrounded observations.
Simple interpretation
The series indicates strong long-term growth in the current-dollar value of economic output per person in Mauritius. It also records periods of reversal, especially the sharp 2020 decline followed by recovery through 2024.
This is an economy-wide average, not a measure of an individual household’s income. It is useful for describing the nominal trend, but it does not explain why the trend occurred or how gains were distributed.
Limitations
- The indicator is measured in current US dollars and is not adjusted for inflation.
- Exchange-rate movements can change the dollar value independently of domestic real growth.
- GDP per capita does not measure income distribution, household wealth, poverty, or wellbeing.
- The report uses one indicator and does not attribute changes to particular policies or events.
- The API includes a 2025 record with a null value, so 2024 is treated as the latest valid year.
- World Bank data can be revised after publication.
Verification notes
- The stored raw World Bank API response, source record, analysis JSON, draft, and manual verification note were present before publication.
- The 65 non-null observations were independently parsed from the stored raw response and sorted by year.
- The first, latest, minimum, maximum, and count match the existing analysis file.
- The nominal multiple and percentage changes shown here were recomputed from the unrounded raw values.
- The workbench’s source record retains its pre-publication review markers; this v0.4 publication was explicitly authorised as a public-report milestone.
Citation and source
Suggested citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, “GDP per capita (current US$), Mauritius,” indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD, data for 1960–2024, stored response retrieved 27 June 2026.
World Bank API: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/MUS/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?format=json&per_page=100