Mauritius Industrial Activity Sustains Healthy Growth

Industrial production in Mauritius increased by 1.3% year-on-year in Q4 2025, picking up from an upwardly revised 1.2% rise in Q3. The expansion was driven by gains across all major sub-sectors, including manufacturing (+1.4%), electricity, gas, steam & air conditioning supply (+1.2%), mining and quarrying (+1.1%), and water supply and waste management (+1.1%). On a quarterly basis, the industrial production index rose sharply by 14.2%, supported by strong rebounds in electricity (+19.5%) and manufacturing (+14.7%), although mining and quarrying declined by 5.9%. For the full year, industrial production increased by 1.7%, led by growth in electricity (+4.7%) and manufacturing (+1.4%).

Industrial production in Mauritius grew by 1.7% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025, slowing from a seven-quarter high of 2.6% in the previous period. The downturn was mainly due to a decline in the output of mining and quarrying (-2.4% vs 2.2% in Q1). Additionally, production growth moderated in the manufacturing sector (1.5% vs 1.8%) and electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply (5.4% vs 8.9%). On the other hand, activity accelerated for water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation (1% vs 0.1%). On a quarterly basis, industrial output increased by 5% in Q2 2025, rebounding from an 18.3% drop in the preceding period.

Industrial production in Mauritius rose by 2.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, marking the highest since Q2 2023 and accelerating from a 1.5% growth in the previous period, driven by accelerated output growth in electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply (8.9% vs. 1.6% in Q4 2024) and manufacturing (1.8% vs. 1.4%). Conversely, growth slowed in mining and quarrying (2.2% vs. 9%) and water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation (0.1% vs. 1.1%). On a quarterly basis, industrial production decreased by 18.3% in Q1 2025, reversing from a 14.0% expansion in Q4 2024.