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Mauritius: investment risk and market entry reads

Mauritius appears in 6 published Kilwa reports. Every read below is dated, reproduced as the report prints it, and linked to the report it comes from.

Atlas No. 5 Attractive structure, poor timingMinerals Signal Screened6 reports
Mauritius on the map of AfricaAngola — Improving but earlyBurundi — Weak structure, weak timingBenin — High convictionBurkina Faso — High convictionBotswana — Attractive structure, poor timingCentral African Republic — Weak structure, weak timingCôte d'Ivoire — Attractive structure, poor timingCameroon — Weak structure, weak timingDR Congo — Improving but earlyRepublic of the Congo — Improving but earlyDjibouti — High convictionAlgeria — High convictionEgypt — High convictionEritrea — Weak structure, weak timingEthiopia — Improving but earlyGabon — Attractive structure, poor timingGhana — High convictionGuinea — Weak structure, weak timingThe Gambia — Improving but earlyGuinea-Bissau — Weak structure, weak timingEquatorial Guinea — Improving but earlyKenya — Attractive structure, poor timingLiberia — Improving but earlyLibya — Weak structure, weak timingLesotho — Improving but earlyMorocco — High convictionMadagascar — Weak structure, weak timingMali — Attractive structure, poor timingMozambique — Weak structure, weak timingMauritania — Attractive structure, poor timingMalawi — Weak structure, weak timingNamibia — Attractive structure, poor timingNiger — High convictionNigeria — High convictionRwanda — Attractive structure, poor timingSudan — Improving but earlySouth Sudan — Improving but earlySenegal — Attractive structure, poor timingSierra Leone — Improving but earlySomalia — Weak structure, weak timingEswatini — Improving but earlyChad — Improving but earlyTogo — Attractive structure, poor timingTunisia — Attractive structure, poor timingTanzania — Attractive structure, poor timingUganda — High convictionSouth Africa — High convictionZambia — High convictionZimbabwe — Improving but earlyCabo Verde — High convictionComoros — Weak structure, weak timingMauritius — Attractive structure, poor timingSeychelles — Attractive structure, poor timingSão Tomé and Príncipe — Weak structure, weak timingMauritius

East Africa · 14 markets · every country on the map links to its page

The published reads

Where Mauritius sits, on two reads.

Kilwa Atlas No. 5
Mauritius against all 54 markets on the Atlas No. 5 structure and timing readsScatter plot. Mauritius reads 66.5 on structure (horizontal axis) and 47.9 on timing (vertical axis), against medians of 48.5 and 55.2, in the Attractive structure, poor timing quadrant, as of 4 September 2026.00252550507575100100High convictionImproving but earlyAttractive structure, poor timingWeak structure, weak timingSouth Africa: 77.1 · 59.9Morocco: 71.9 · 66.2Egypt: 70.0 · 61.6Côte d'Ivoire: 64.3 · 51.8Kenya: 62.0 · 44.5Senegal: 61.9 · 17.1Botswana: 61.5 · 55.1Cabo Verde: 60.9 · 55.7Namibia: 59.9 · 43.9Algeria: 58.5 · 67.2Benin: 56.1 · 55.2Ghana: 54.5 · 65.6Uganda: 54.4 · 62.9Nigeria: 53.1 · 83.1Seychelles: 52.8 · 34.1Djibouti: 52.0 · 59.1Rwanda: 51.9 · 46.8Gabon: 51.7 · 45.9Tanzania: 51.5 · 40.7Tunisia: 50.8 · 47.3Niger: 49.8 · 68.0Burkina Faso: 49.6 · 57.4Mauritania: 49.5 · 48.2Mali: 49.5 · 54.4Togo: 49.3 · 49.4Zambia: 48.7 · 69.4Guinea: 48.2 · 52.2Angola: 46.8 · 90.7Ethiopia: 46.4 · 80.8Libya: 46.1 · 51.7DR Congo: 46.0 · 67.6Cameroon: 45.9 · 43.9Equatorial Guinea: 45.7 · 64.6Eswatini: 45.3 · 57.2Comoros: 42.6 · 52.4The Gambia: 42.5 · 59.6Chad: 40.5 · 77.5Lesotho: 40.4 · 60.4Guinea-Bissau: 39.6 · 47.9Republic of the Congo: 38.8 · 60.6Madagascar: 38.4 · 44.3Mozambique: 37.4 · 28.4São Tomé and Príncipe: 37.4 · 53.5Somalia: 35.6 · 34.5Zimbabwe: 35.4 · 72.5Liberia: 35.3 · 65.1Eritrea: 34.8 · 52.8Sierra Leone: 32.0 · 70.1Sudan: 21.0 · 61.9Central African Republic: 20.4 · 43.1Burundi: 18.9 · 50.7Malawi: 18.6 · 46.2South Sudan: 11.7 · 72.9Mauritius66.5 · 47.9Structural read, 0–100 →Timing read, 0–100 →
All 54 markets on the Atlas No. 5 structure and timing reads, gauges as of 4 September 2026; Mauritius in colour, the rest faint. Medians at 48.5 and 55.2 divide the quadrants.
Structure read66.5
median 48.5
Timing read47.9
median 55.2

Atlas No. 5 quadrant

Attractive structure, poor timing

The patient book. Build exposure through the cycle, hedge the entry, lock incentives now. Senegal's timing read of 17 is the lowest of the twelve deep dives and moves only on the IMF board.

Minerals Signal No. 1 · 14 September 2026

Screened

No material critical-minerals development identified. Not one of the ten deep dives, so the continental-screen tier is its Minerals Signal read.

Energy Signal No. 1 · 7 September 2026

Not among the sixteen markets the Energy Signal scores.

Reads run 0 to 100, higher is better, and split at each report’s published medians. They are structured rankings built from cited series and dated events, not validated predictive models, and none of them is ISI or METI, which remain in independent validation.

Fact sheet · World Bank and IMF

Mauritius in ten numbers.

Snapshot as at 16 September 2026

Population
1.2 million
growing −0.2% a year (2025)
2025World Bank WDI · SP.POP.TOTL
Population aged 0–14
14.5% of the population
2025World Bank WDI · SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS
Urban population
39.0% of the population
2025World Bank WDI · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
GDP, current prices
US$ 16.2 billion
2025World Bank WDI · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
GDP per person
US$ 12,991
upper middle income group
2025World Bank WDI · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Real GDP growth
3.1% → 3.4%
2025 estimate → 2026 projectionIMF WEO · NGDP_RPCH
Inflation, average consumer prices
3.7% → 3.7%
2025 estimate → 2026 projectionIMF WEO · PCPIPCH
General government gross debt
86.5% of GDP
2026 projectionIMF WEO · GGXWDG_NGDP
Current account balance
−6.9% of GDP
2026 projectionIMF WEO · BCA_NGDPD
Foreign direct investment, net inflows
US$ 681 million
2024World Bank WDI · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD

World Bank figures are the most recent observation in the World Development Indicators, shown with their year; IMF figures are from the World Economic Outlook (April 2026) and are the IMF’s estimates and projections, not Kilwa’s. Both are reproduced with attribution (World Bank data under CC BY 4.0). Rows without a recent observation say so rather than disappearing, so the ten rows read the same on every market page.

Report by report

Every tier Mauritius holds in Kilwa’s research.

All research

Each row reproduces the tier and any score the report prints for Mauritius, with that report’s own description of the tier. Reports are listed newest first. The full model, inputs and robustness testing sit in each report.

Questions we are asked

Mauritius, in five answers.

Where does Mauritius sit in Kilwa Atlas No. 5?
As of 4 September 2026, Kilwa Atlas No. 5 reads Mauritius at 66.5 on structure and 47.9 on timing, above the 54-market structure median of 48.5 and below the timing median of 55.2, which places it in the "Attractive structure, poor timing" quadrant. Both reads are structured rankings built from cited series, not validated predictive models.
Does Kilwa cover Mauritius in its critical minerals research?
Yes. Minerals Signal No. 1 (14 September 2026) screens all 54 markets and places Mauritius in the Screened tier: no material critical-minerals development identified. The tier is a structural characterisation, not a score; the ten numeric deep dives are named in the report.
How many Kilwa reports score or discuss Mauritius?
6 published Kilwa reports place Mauritius in a named tier or quadrant. Each is listed on this page with its date and linked to the report, which remains the source.
How large is Mauritius's economy, and how fast is it growing?
The World Bank puts Mauritius's GDP at US$ 16.2 billion in 2025 (US$ 12,991 per person, upper middle income). The IMF's World Economic Outlook, April 2026 estimates real growth of 3.1% in 2025 and projects 3.4% in 2026, with inflation at 3.7% and general government gross debt at 86.5% of GDP. Figures are the World Bank's and the IMF's, reproduced with attribution; the projections are the IMF's, not Kilwa's.
Can Kilwa produce a Mauritius-specific view for our mandate?
Yes. The reads on this page are published for general circulation and are not tailored to any recipient. Kilwa's advisory services take a mandate-specific brief on capital allocation, risk and regulatory intelligence, market entry and sovereign capital, and an engagement is scoped from the services page. Research is analysis, not investment, legal or tax advice.

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