Forbes’ ‘Best Countries for Business 2019’ ranks Mauritius 1st in the African region and 39th worldwide. This rating reconfirms the position of Mauritius as a destination of choice for doing business and a platform of choice for investing in the African region.

The top five performers in the whole ranking are the United Kingdom in first position, followed by Sweden, Hong Kong, Netherlands and New Zealand. While at the African region level, Mauritius is followed by South Africa (59th), Morocco (62th), Seychelles (66th) and Botswana (83rd).

The index, which has been published annually in the past 13 years, assesses 161 nations based on 15 criteria which are as follows: property rights, innovation, taxes, technology, corruption, infrastructure, market size, political risk, quality of life, workforce, freedom (personal, trade and monetary), red tape and investor protection. Each category bore equal weight and only countries having data across at least 11 categories were included.

The full ‘Best Countries for Doing Business 2019’ rankings can be read here.