Mauritius Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Mauritius decreased to 6.90 percent in the third quarter of 2018 from 7 percent in the second quarter of 2018. Unemployment Rate in Mauritius averaged 7.57 percent from 1983 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 19.70 percent in the fourth quarter of 1983 and a record low of 2.70 percent in the fourth quarter of 1991.

Unemployment Rate in Mauritius is expected to be 6.70 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Rate in Mauritius to stand at 6.60 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Mauritius Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 6.60 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-09-28	07:20 AM	Unemployment Rate	7.0%	7.1%	6.9%
2018-12-20	10:20 AM	Unemployment Rate	6.9%	7.0%	6.8%
2019-03-28	10:05 AM	Unemployment Rate	6.4%	6.9%	6.6%
2019-06-27	11:20 AM	Unemployment Rate	6.9%	6.4%	7.00%
2019-09-26	07:20 AM	Unemployment Rate		6.9%	6.70%
2019-12-19	11:00 AM	Unemployment Rate			6.5%

Mauritius Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	6.90	6.40	19.70	2.70	percent	[+]
Unemployed Persons	40.40	38.10	56.10	35.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	546.00	553.20	553.20	482.70	Thousand	[+]
Labour Costs	134.90	132.30	134.90	22.54	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	132.30	127.50	132.30	45.68	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	4124.00	4106.00	7285.00	1558.00		[+]
Wages	29841.00	28676.00	29841.00	12600.00	MUR/Month	[+]
Population	1.26	1.26	1.26	0.66	Million	[+]
Wages In Manufacturing	119.70	117.70	119.70	78.20	Index Points	[+]
Employment Rate	93.10	93.60	93.60	0.00	percent	[+]

In Mauritius, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides the latest reported value for - Mauritius Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Mauritius Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	6.90	6.40	19.70	2.70	1983 - 2019	percent	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	27.60	Mar/19	27.1	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.70	Mar/19	14.45	26.94 : 4.41	%
Turkey	13.00	Apr/19	14.1	14.8 : 7.3	%
Brazil	12.30	May/19	12.5	13.7 : 6.2	%
Argentina	10.10	Mar/19	9.1	20.8 : 5.9	%
Italy	9.90	May/19	10.1	13.1 : 5.8	%
France	8.70	Mar/19	8.8	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	7.50	May/19	7.6	12.1 : 7.3	%
India	6.00	Dec/18	5	8.3 : 3.53	%
Saudi Arabia	5.70	Mar/19	6	6.3 : 4.35	%
Canada	5.50	Jun/19	5.4	13.1 : 2.9	%
Australia	5.20	May/19	5.2	11.2 : 4	%
Indonesia	5.01	Mar/19	5.34	11.24 : 2	%
Russia	4.50	May/19	4.7	14.1 : 4.5	%
South Korea	4.00	Jun/19	4	7.1 : 3	%
United Kingdom	3.80	May/19	3.8	12 : 3.4	%
United States	3.70	Jun/19	3.6	10.8 : 2.5	%
China	3.67	Mar/19	3.8	4.3 : 3.67	%
Mexico	3.50	May/19	3.5	6.42 : 2.22	%
Netherlands	3.30	May/19	3.3	7.9 : 3.3	%
Germany	3.10	May/19	3.1	11.5 : 0.4	%
Japan	2.40	May/19	2.4	5.5 : 1	%
Singapore	2.20	Mar/19	2.2	6 : 1.4	%
Switzerland	2.10	Jun/19	2.3	5.7 : 1.5	%