Mauritius's transport services (% of service exports, BoP) was 9.69% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 2.97 percentage points from 12.65% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 9.69% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 10.13% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 12.65% | 2014 |
| Highest | 42.73% | 1983 |
| Lowest | 4.12% | 2021 |
| Average since 2015 | 9.6% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 37.82% | 1976 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Mauritius' transport services (% of service exports, BoP) fell 0.21 percentage points on 2023 (from 9.9% to 9.69%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.59 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.99 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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 9.8 percentage points in 1982 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.47 percentage points in 1985. 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 downward, about 0.55 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 34% of the movement over 10 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 21st highest value of the 29 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 9.69% | 2024 |
| World | 15.43% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.9% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 17.7% | 2025 |
Closest to Mauritius in the 2024 ranking
- Niger — 18th of 29: 11.7%
- Bhutan — 19th of 29: 11.03%
- Sierra Leone — 20th of 29: 10.2%
- Mali — 22nd of 29: 8.15%
- Papua New Guinea — 23rd of 29: 7.96%
- Nicaragua — 24th of 29: 7.33%
What this measures
Transport services covers the process of carriage of people and objects from one location to another as well as related supporting and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are services provided by residents to non-residents.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 49 values
| Year | Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.69 |
| 2023 | 9.9 |
| 2022 | 8.03 |
| 2021 | 4.12 |
| 2020 | 5.98 |
| 2019 | 10.13 |
| 2018 | 10.44 |
| 2017 | 12.48 |
| 2016 | 12.75 |
| 2015 | 12.5 |
| 2014 |
Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Angola — 22.55% (2025)
- Benin — 27.94% (2023)
- Botswana — 8.43% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 14.63% (2024)
- Burundi — 4.13% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 10.81% (2025)
- Cameroon — 34.41% (2024)
- Comoros — 6.32% (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 43.69% (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 33.19% (2021)
More economic policy & debt data for Mauritius
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$10.31 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$8.56 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$16.16 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 743.21 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$15.32 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 568.48 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$12,991 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 597,560 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$12,315 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 457,076 (2025)
- GNI (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Mauritius's transport services (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 9.69% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1976?
- It is down 28.14 percentage points from 37.82% in 1976. The highest value was 42.73% in 1983 and the lowest 4.12% in 2021.
- How does Mauritius rank?
- 21st highest of 29 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in transport services (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Mauritius?
- In 2024, Mauritius' transport services (% of service exports, BoP) fell 0.21 percentage points on 2023 (from 9.9% to 9.69%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.59 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.99 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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 BX.GSR.TRAN.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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