The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Mauritius  
Rank: 76 · Score: 41.3  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 1.3   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 12.4   M&A volume (quartile) 2nd
GDP per capita (US$) 9,808.9   Venture capital investments (quartile) 3rd
GDP growth (per cent) 4.6   Private equity investments (quartile) 3rd
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 76 49, 47, 46, 50, 49 41.3
1 Economic Activity 111 22, 10, 17, 13, 14 55.4
2 Depth of Capital Market 70 63, 57, 57, 56, 55 31.8
3 Taxation 10 115, 113, 113, 115, 115 114.4
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 20 102, 106, 105, 105, 105 90.7
5 Human and Social Environment 119 4, 4, 5, 5, 6 17.1
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 77 37, 39, 44, 43, 48 40.9


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Mauritius  
Africa
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
South Africa 18.2 48.8 83.9 78.8 30.5 57.9
Kenya 76.8 32.1 68.1 61.2 28.4 43.2
Nigeria 76.1 41.7 57.5 60.2 20.5 40.2
Mauritius 55.4 31.8 114.4 90.7 17.1 40.9
Ghana 72.4 29.3 79.2 49.9 28.7 39.1
Tanzania 76.5 31.5 55.1 48.3 30.2 34.9
Rwanda 48.3 24.1 73.9 73.4 34.6 33.4
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023