How Mauritians work
Employed Mauritians of the latest quarter as employees, employers, own-account workers and contributing family workers, or by age group, as published values or shares of the total.
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Quarterly values in this selection: 2025–2026. Missing periods remain gaps; a requested year is never replaced.
Employment status (quarterly labour force release, Table 1)
Employed Mauritians (quarterly), Republic of Mauritius, Q2 2026
Unit: thousand persons
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| Period / category | thousand persons | Status & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 · Contrib. family workers | 8.1 | provisional |
| Q2 2026 · Employees | 443.6 | provisional |
| Q2 2026 · Employers | 21.6 | provisional |
| Q2 2026 · Own account workers | 77.3 | provisional |
Displayed categories include Employees: 443.6 thousand persons; Own account workers: 77.3 thousand persons; Employers: 21.6 thousand persons. The table contains every returned category.
Publication status Provisional: Q2 2026. Later releases may revise these figures.
- 4 of 4 published categories in the drawing, for Q2 2026. The table contains every returned category for this selection. Bar lengths use a common zero baseline.
- Coverage 2025'As from the first quarter 2025, labour force, employment and unemployment estimates are published based on population figures revised according to the 2022 population census results' (the Year 2025 release). Every quarter served here is on that basis.
- Discrepancy 2025Apprentices are defined two ways. The 1st Quarter 2026 release (Annex 2) and the CMPHS methodology: 'An Apprentice is a person being trained for a job or trade and is paid.' The Year 2025 release: 'An Apprentice is a person being trained for a job or trade and does not receive pay or may just receive some pocket money; a paid apprentice is considered as an employee.' Table 1 prints no column for apprentices and does not say under which status they are counted.
- Coverage 2025Republic of Mauritius: 'All private Mauritian households in the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues are covered' (Annex 1). The estimates 'refer to the Mauritian population aged 16 years and above' (paragraph 1), so foreign workers are not included: the release adds them only in its annual estimates (Annex 3), which are not loaded. The release does not name Agalega or St Brandon.
- Coverage 2025Sample estimates from the Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey (CMPHS), 'subject to sample variability' (paragraph 20). The release publishes standard errors (SE) and coefficients of variation (CV = SE/estimate) for its main estimates, graded high reliability below 7.5%, medium 7.5-15.0% and low above 15.0%. MorisLens loads no standard error or coefficient of variation: see the release.
Publication details
Statistics Mauritius
Economic and Social Indicators, Issue No 1959 - Labour Force, Employment and Unemployment, 2nd Quarter 2026
Table 1
Published 30 September 2026 · Retrieved 9 October 2026
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Adapted from data from Statistics Mauritius.