🇲🇺 Mauritius Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇲🇺 Mauritius MU / MUS #168

Nomad Score 63.0

Cities 15

Region African Union, Francophone, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Digital Nomad Islands, Nomad Visa Countries, Affordable Nomad Destinations, Islands, Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa, Developing Countries

Currency MUR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 48/100

Press Freedom (2025) 67.3/100 #51

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.738

HDI 0.806

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 75th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 78th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 66th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 75th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 83th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 67th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2022) 2.3/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 12.2/100k

Military Spending (2024) 0.2% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Mauritius	Dharam Gokhool
Vice-President of Mauritius	Robert Hungley

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 48 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 67.3 / 100

Global Rank #51 / 180

Rank Change +6 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #70 51.4

Economic #58 49.6

Legal #62 68.4

Social #29 79.6

Safety #54 87.7

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.738

Liberal 0.639

Participatory 0.481

Deliberative 0.663

Egalitarian 0.576

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	67.3	51	51.4	49.6	68.4	79.6	87.7
2024	65.6	57	50.4	47.4	62.9	80.1	86.9
2023	65.6	63	52.8	49.9	62.0	81.0	82.1
2022	66.1	64	55.6	47.8	64.2	80.3	82.5
2021	71.3	61	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	72.0	56	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	71.5	58	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	73.6	56	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	73.3	56	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	72.3	61	-	-	-	-	83.9
2015	72.3	68	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	72.3	70	-	-	-	-	-
2013	73.5	62	-	-	-	-	-
2012	17.0	55	-	-	-	-	-
2010	18.0	65	-	-	-	-	-
2009	14.0	51	-	-	-	-	-
2008	9.0	47	-	-	-	-	-
2007	8.5	25	-	-	-	-	-
2006	8.0	33	-	-	-	-	-
2005	7.5	34	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index