These are the international rankings of Mauritius
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Environmental Performance Index | Yale University, Columbia University | 2022 | 77 out of 189* | 3rd in African Continent. | |
Environmental Vulnerability Index | South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission, United Nations Environment Program | 2013 | 191 out of 193*` | Classified as 'Highly vulnerable' | |
Happy Planet Index | New Economics Foundation | 2019 | 32nd out of 151* | 3rd in African Continent. |
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Corruption Perceptions Index | Transparency International | 2021 | 49 out of 193* | Perceived as less corrupt, 3rd in Africa | |
Democracy Ranking | Democracy Ranking Association | 2016 | 39 out of 112* | 3rd in African Continent. | |
Global Peace Index | Institute for Economics and Peace | 2023* | 28 out of 163* | 3rd in African Continent. | |
Global Terrorism Index | Institute for Economics and Peace | 2022 | 91 out of 193* | 3rd in African Continent. | |
Democracy Index | Economist Intelligence Unit | 2023* | 19 out of 189* | Classified as 'Partially Democracy', 3rd in African Continent. |
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Education Index | Countries by literacy rate | 2018 | 63 out of 184* | 2nd, and 3rd in African Continent. | |
Knowledge Economic Index | International Monetary Fund, The World Bank | 2012 | 63 out of 175* | 3rd, and 4th in African Continent. | |
Human Development Index | United Nations Development Programme | 2012 | 63 out of 185* | 3rd, and 4th African Continent. | |
Linguistic diversity index . | Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study | 2013 | 63 out of 193* | 2nd, and 3rd in African Continent. |
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Press Freedom Index | Reporters Without Borders | 2022 | 64 out of 181* | 3rd in African Continent. | |
Freedom of the Press | Freedom House | 2017 | 56 out of 193*` | 3rd in African Continent. |
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Networked Readiness Index | World Economic Forum | 2019 | 71 out of 121* | 2nd in African Continent. | |
ICT Development Index | International Telecommunication Union | 2017 | 72 out of 176* | 3rd in African Continent. | |
E-government Readiness | United Nations | 2018 | 66 out of 193* | 3rd in African Continent. | |
World Wide Web Foundation | Web Index | 2019 | 71 out of 121* | 3rd in African Continent. |
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World Happiness Report | United Nations:(SSDN)` | 2019 | 57 out of 156* | 3rd in African Continent. | |
Global Gender Gap Report | World Economic Forum | 2022 | 105 out of 142* | 3rd in African Continent. | |
Fragile States Index | Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy | 2015 | 145 out of 178* | 2nd in African Continent. | Archived 2018-09-21 at the Wayback Machine |
Social Progress Index | Social Progress Imperative | 2014 | 34 out of 132* | 3rd in African Continent. | |
Good Country Index | Simon Anholt | 2016 | 33 out of 163* | 3rd in African Continent. | |
Logistics Performance Index | Mercer | 2014* | 82 out of 215* | 2nd in African Continent. | |
Global Slavery Index | Walk Free | 2013 | 63 out of 145* | 2nd, and 3rd in African Continent. | |
Legatum Prosperity Index | Legatum Institute | 2018 | 29 out of 146* | 3rd in African Continent. | |
Countries by suicide rate | World Population Reviews | 2019* | 35 out of 183* | Mauritius ranked 33rd, and 34th in African Continent. | |
World Giving Index | Charities Aid Foundation | 2013 | 93 out of 157* | Port Louis Ranked 2nd, and 3rd in African Continent. |
Mauritius’s Monotheism Religiously Studies: Is Diverse with no majority religion Wining 1st Spot in sight.: 36% of the population are: Christians: followed by Islam: (Muslims) (46%); and Hindus: (16%), and others: (0.2%).:
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000 kilometres off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island, as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. Brandon. The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, along with nearby Réunion, are part of the Mascarene Islands. The main island of Mauritius, where the population is concentrated, hosts the capital and largest city, Port Louis. The country spans 2,040 square kilometres (790 sq mi) and has an exclusive economic zone covering 2,300,000 square kilometres.
Mauritius has strong and friendly relations with the West, with South Asian countries and with the countries of southern and eastern Africa. It is a member of the World Trade Organization, the Commonwealth of Nations, La Francophonie, the African Union, the Southern Africa Development Community, the Indian Ocean Commission, COMESA, and the recently formed Indian Ocean Rim Association.
Air Mauritius is the flag carrier airline of Mauritius. The airline is headquartered in Port Louis, Mauritius, with its hub at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport.
The Chagos Archipelago or Chagos Islands is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of the Maldives archipelago. This chain of islands is the southernmost archipelago of the Chagos–Laccadive Ridge, a long submarine mountain range in the Indian Ocean. In its north are the Salomon Islands, Nelsons Island and Peros Banhos; towards its south-west are the Three Brothers, Eagle Islands, Egmont Islands and Danger Island; southeast of these is Diego Garcia, by far the largest island. All are low-lying atolls, save for a few extremely small instances, set around lagoons.
The 1986 African Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, a football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 1984, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Egypt won its third championship, beating Cameroon on penalty kicks 5–4 after a goalless draw.
The Madagascar national football team, nicknamed Barea after the island's zebu, is the national team of Madagascar and is controlled by the Malagasy Football Federation. It has never qualified for the finals of the World Cup. It took part in its first Africa Cup of Nations in 2019. Among its biggest wins was a 1–0 home victory over Egypt in the qualification rounds of the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations until being surpassed by a recent 2–0 win over Nigeria in the group stage of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Reflecting the official name of the country at the time, the team was known as the Malagasy Republic national football team between 1958 and 1975.
The Mauritius national football team, nicknamed Club M and Les Dodos, is the national team of Mauritius. They are overseen by the Mauritius Football Association, which is a member of FIFA, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). The head coach is Guillaume Moullec.
The Réunion national football team is the regional team of the French overseas department and region of Réunion and is controlled by the Réunionese Football League, local branch of the French Football Federation. Réunion is not a member of FIFA and is only an associate member of CAF, and is therefore not eligible to enter either the World Cup or the Africa Cup of Nations. However, it has played numerous matches, most of them against the island nations of Madagascar, Mauritius, and the Seychelles.
Universitas 21 (U21) is an international network of research-intensive universities. Founded in Melbourne, Australia in 1997 with 11 members, it has grown to include twenty-nine member universities in nineteen countries and territories.
The Mauritius national rugby union team represents Mauritius in international rugby union. Mauritius is a member of World Rugby, but the national team is ranked as third tier, and Mauritius have yet to compete in either the Africa Cup or Rugby World Cup.
Mauritian passports are issued to citizens of Mauritius for travel outside the country. As of 2007, Mauritius' Passport and Immigration Office processed an average of 434 passport applications each day.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mauritius:
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The following is a list of matches played by the Mauritius national football team from 1947 to 1968. Since Mauritius became an independent nation in 1968, these results were all played while Mauritius was still owned by the United Kingdom. Mauritius won their first 17 games in a row, only playing in the Indian Ocean Games Triangulaire. They won 10 of 13 triangulaire tournaments, playing only Réunion and Madagascar until 1967.
The Mauritius women's national football team is the first women's association football team that represents the country of Mauritius. They are controlled by the Mauritius Football Association and are members of FIFA, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). The development of women's football in the country and in Africa as a whole faces a number of challenges, with a programme for women's football not being created in the country until 1997. FIFA gives money to the Mauritius Football Association, 10% of which is aimed at developing football in the country in areas that include women's football, sport medicine and futsal.
The Seychelles women's national football team is the national team of the Seychelles.
Mauritius competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Kate Jessica Kim Lee Foo Kune is a badminton player from Mauritius. She began playing badminton in Mauritius at age six. Her first major tournament participation was 2013 BWF World Championships in China, where she lost in the first round of women's singles to Sarah Walker of England. Foo Kune represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was the flag bearer for Mauritius during the Parade of Nations.
The 2017 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Anaheim, California, United States from 28 November to 5 December 2017.
Mauritius competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.