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Mauritius

Upper-middle income Capital: Port Louis 16 regions
30%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 178K people.
MODEL56th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
178K
of 599K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.7%
34K people
People in workILO
599K
40% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
5.6%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
17.4%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$12,991
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
73%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.53
59th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
1.2M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
46%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
15%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
39%

Women and men

MODEL

Based on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).

Women: any exposure 38%
Men: any exposure 25%
Women: highest exposure 8.2%
Men: highest exposure 4.0%

Women are +13.1 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Mauritius 30%
Upper-middle income 21%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
MauritiusUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.12
Human capital & labour policy 0.14
Innovation & integration 0.13
Regulation & ethics 0.15

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.53 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Mauritius is highlighted. The other dots are all countries with both measures.

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of Mauritius