Number of youth deaths in Mauritius
Mauritius: Number of youth deaths was 203 deaths in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of youth deaths in Mauritius, 1990–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 203 deaths for number of youth deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of youth deaths in Mauritius peaked at 579 deaths in 1990 and was at its lowest, 203 deaths, in 2024.
That places Mauritius 155th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of youth deaths in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 579 deaths | — |
| 1991 | 559 deaths | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 552 deaths | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 556 deaths | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 556 deaths | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 552 deaths | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 547 deaths | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 534 deaths | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 496 deaths | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 469 deaths | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 440 deaths | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 404 deaths | -8.2% |
| 2002 | 380 deaths | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 364 deaths | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 353 deaths | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 343 deaths | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 326 deaths | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 309 deaths | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 295 deaths | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 279 deaths | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 269 deaths | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 263 deaths | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 262 deaths | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 254 deaths | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 241 deaths | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 229 deaths | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 226 deaths | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 233 deaths | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 237 deaths | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 234 deaths | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 235 deaths | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 233 deaths | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 219 deaths | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 207 deaths | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 203 deaths | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 540 deaths | 469 deaths | 579 deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 349.3 deaths | 279 deaths | 440 deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 244.8 deaths | 226 deaths | 269 deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 219.4 deaths | 203 deaths | 235 deaths | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is number of youth deaths in Mauritius?
- Number of youth deaths in Mauritius was 203 deaths in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of youth deaths recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 579 deaths in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of youth deaths recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 203 deaths in 2024.
- How does Mauritius rank for number of youth deaths?
- Mauritius ranks 155th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of youth deaths rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of youth deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years.