The lowest and the highest fifth
The share of total household income going to the lowest and the highest 20% of households at one survey. The two shares do not add up to 100.
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Survey year (calendar) values in this selection: 2012–2023. Missing periods remain gaps; a requested year is never replaced.
Fifth of households by income (Household Budget Survey, CPI Table 11)
Share of total household income, Republic of Mauritius, 2023
Unit: % of total household income
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| Period / category | % of total household income | Status & notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 · highest 20% of households | 43.4 | revised |
| 2023 · lowest 20% of households | 6.2 | revised |
Displayed categories include highest 20% of households: 43.4 % of total household income; lowest 20% of households: 6.2 % of total household income. The table contains every returned category.
Publication status Revised: 2023. Later releases may revise these figures.
- 2 of 2 published categories in the drawing, for 2023. The table contains every returned category for this selection. Bar lengths use a common zero baseline.
- Coverage 1986Survey estimates from the Household Budget Surveys, not administrative counts. The 2023 survey covered January to December 2023 and 7,000 households out of about 368,000 (CPI methodology, July 2024), for a CPI that represents all private households of the Republic. Table 11 states neither the scope nor the months of the earlier surveys: they are read as the Republic, and the surveys labelled 1986/87 to 2006/07 as July-to-June financial years, because the CPI bases of the same names are July to June - an inference. A survey is compared only with a survey of the same kind of period, so none of the 2012-2023 figures is set against 1986/87-2006/07 by the API.
Notes on this data (1)
- Revision 2023The 2023 figures are 'Revised based on Household Budget Survey 2023 final data' (Table 11 note 1); they are loaded as revised.
Publication details
Statistics Mauritius
Consumer Price Index - Historical series
Table 11 (2012, 2017 and 2023 columns)
Published 7 October 2026 · Retrieved 28 October 2026
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Adapted from data from Statistics Mauritius.