Health in Mauritius

Mauritius had a life expectancy of 75.17 years in 2014.[1] 39% of Mauritian men smoked in 2014.[2] 13% of men and 23% of women were obese in 2008.[2]

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative[3] finds that Mauritius is fulfilling 72.7% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.[4] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Mauritius achieves 94.1% of what is expected based on its current income.[5] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 85.0% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. [6] Mauritius falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 39.1% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.[7]


  1. ^ "Country Comparison: Life expectancy at birth". The World Factbook. CIA. Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
  2. ^ a b ""Mauritius: health profile", World Health Organization" (PDF). 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries". humanrightsmeasurement.org. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  4. ^ "Mauritius - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  5. ^ "Mauritius - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  6. ^ "Mauritius - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  7. ^ "Mauritius - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-25.