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.
