Mauritius is a middle-income economy pursuing a liberal and open economic policy and welcomes foreign investment in nearly all sectors of the economy. The economy rests on financial services, tourism, sugar, textiles and canned tuna manufacturing. The country relies heavily on trade and investment with Europe and the US and also with markets like India, China and Africa.
Mauritius is considered one of the most business-friendly countries in Sub-Saharan Africa as a result of its political stability, good governance and independent judiciary. Out of 190 countries, Mauritius ranked as the 25th most favourable country for business in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index for 2018 and 1st for Africa. The country is also highly rated against many other related international benchmarks. For example, it ranks 1st in Africa and 45th worldwide on the World Global Competitiveness Index 2017-2018.
