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 |
World Bank Doing Business 2017 |
49 out of 190 countries |
1st |
2 |
Global Competitiveness Index 2016-2017 |
45 out of 138 countries |
1st |
3 |
Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance 2016 |
- |
1st |
4 |
2017 Index of Economic Freedom - (Heritage Foundation) |
21 out of 180 countries |
1st |
5 |
Economic Freedom of the World 2016 - (Fraser Institute) |
5 out of 159 countries |
1st |
6 |
Democracy Index 2016 - Economist Intelligence Unit |
18 out of 167 countries |
1st |
7 |
Global Peace Index 2017 |
22 out of 163 countries |
1st |
8 |
Human Development Index 2016 |
64 out of 188 countries |
2nd |
9 |
Mercer’s 2016 Quality of Living Survey |
83 out of 230 countries |
1st |
10 |
Environmental Performance Index 2016 |
77 out of 180 countries |
1st |
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.
