Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Mauritius
Mauritius: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average was -16.97 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Mauritius, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded -16.97 Percentage of taxable income for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 229.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Mauritius peaked at 13.13 Percentage of taxable income in 2017 and was at its lowest, -20.47 Percentage of taxable income, in 2021.
That places Mauritius 99th out of 99 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13.13 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 13.06 Percentage of taxable income | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 12.75 Percentage of taxable income | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 13.09 Percentage of taxable income | +2.6% |
| 2021 | -20.47 Percentage of taxable income | -256.4% |
| 2022 | -18.42 Percentage of taxable income | -10.0% |
| 2023 | -17.28 Percentage of taxable income | -6.2% |
| 2024 | -16.57 Percentage of taxable income | -4.1% |
| 2025 | -16.97 Percentage of taxable income | +2.4% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's -16.97 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26.94 Percentage of taxable income. (24 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's -16.97 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 34.08 Percentage of taxable income. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.98 Percentage of taxable income | 12.75 Percentage of taxable income | 13.13 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | -12.77 Percentage of taxable income | -20.47 Percentage of taxable income | 13.09 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
More economy & growth data for Mauritius
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.31 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.33 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 3.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0185 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 240.79 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0135 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 175.82 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.2 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Mauritius?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Mauritius was -16.97 Percentage of taxable income in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 13.13 Percentage of taxable income in 2017.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was -20.47 Percentage of taxable income in 2021.
- How does Mauritius rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Mauritius ranks 99th out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 229.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average tax rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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This table reports synthetic tax policy indicators calculated on the basis of a prospective, hypothetical investment project. Unlike backward-looking ETRs, they do not incorporate any information about firms' actual tax payments.The OECD methodology has been described in detail in the OECD Taxation Working Paper No. 38 (Hanappi, 2018). Further methodological information is available in the explanatory annex.