Mauritius has long been recognised as an international financial centre of choice and substance and is the stepping stone for investments into and trading with Asia and now increasingly Africa.

Mauritius has earned international recognition for its constant strive to inculcate transparency within its jurisdiction and it is in the OECD "white list" of jurisdictions that have substantially implemented internationally agreed tax standards. The OECD Report evaluates Mauritius as being largely compliant with global tax laws on par with jurisdictions like Singapore, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

In addition, Mauritius achieved noble scores on several international benchmarks, as listed below:

No.

Index

Global Rank

Africa Rank

1

Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance 2023

-

1st

2

World Happiness Report 2022

52

1st

3

Democracy Index 2022 - Economic Intelligence Unit

21

1st

4

2021 Index of Economic Freedom - Heritage Foundation

13

1st

5

Global Peace Index 2021

28

1st

6

Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2021

49

1st

7

Global Innovation Index (GII) 2021

52

1st

8

Global Cybersecurity Index 2020

17

1st

9

World Bank Doing Business 2020

13

1st

10

Human Freedom Index 2020 - Fraser Institute

51

2nd



In addition to the above, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes has rated Mauritius as a "Compliant" jurisdiction in its initial reports issued on 21 August 2017 following a peer review aimed at assessing compliance with international standards for the exchange of information on request between tax authorities.