Mauritius: Female share of employment in senior and middle management (%)

Key figures

Since 2001 it is up 16.02 percentage points from 19.61% in 2001. The World Bank has no value for 2 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2024, Mauritius' female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) rose 0.26 percentage points on 2023 (from 35.37% to 35.63%).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2023), the average change was +0.36 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.24 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 8.34 percentage points in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.01 percentage points in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.73 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 31% of the movement over 8 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Mauritius had the 14th highest value of the 33 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Mauritius in the 2024 ranking

• Lithuania — 11th of 33: 37.42%
• Spain — 12th of 33: 36.95%
• Estonia — 13th of 33: 36.03%
• Slovenia — 15th of 33: 34.88%
• Romania — 16th of 33: 34.66%
• Albania — 17th of 33: 33.41%

What this measures

The female share of employment in senior and middle management conveys the number of women in management as a percentage of employment in management. Employment in management is defined based on the International Standard Classification of Occupations. This series refers to senior and middle management only, thus excluding junior management (category 1 in both ISCO-08 and ISCO-88 minus category 14 in ISCO-08 and minus category 13 in ISCO-88).

Limitations: The main limitation of this indicator is that it fails to capture the differences in the levels of responsibility of women in their respective managerial position, or the importance of the enterprises and organizations in which they are employed. Its quality is also significantly impacted by the reliability of the employment statistics by occupation at the two-digit level of the ISCO. Whenever data at the two-digit level of the ISCO are not available, data at the one-digit level could be used as a proxy, referring only to major group 1 of ISCO-08 or ISCO-88, rather than to also refer to major group 1 minus category 14 of ISCO-08 or major group 1 minus category 13 of ISCO-88.

All 22 values

Female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) in nearby economies

• South Africa — 39.27% (2024)

More social protection & labor data for Mauritius

• Net migration — -2,784 (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate) — 37.68% (2024)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate) — 42.94% (2024)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate) — 40.27% (2024)
• Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 48.1% (2024)
• Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) — 70.66% (2024)
• Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 68.07% (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Mauritius's female share of employment in senior and middle management (%)?

35.63% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2001?

It is up 16.02 percentage points from 19.61% in 2001. The highest value was 40.04% in 2021 and the lowest 15.33% in 2006.

How does Mauritius rank?

14th highest of 33 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) unusual for Mauritius?

In 2024, Mauritius' female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) rose 0.26 percentage points on 2023 (from 35.37% to 35.63%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2023), the average change was +0.36 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.24 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.EMP.SMGT.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Labour Market-related SDG Indicators database (ILOSDG), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: September 28, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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