Electoral Year 2024: 36,000 Foreign Workers In Mauritius

The debate will resume as we come neat to election time. According to official figures, there are over 36,323 foreign workers in Mauritius. Men are six times higher than women (31,443 against 4,880). However, the majority of the expatriate workers are Indian. They composed 15,010 of the foreign workers, including 14,719 men and 291 women. The country has slightly fewer Bangladeshi workers. There are 14,679 of them (11,745 men and 2,934 women). However, among expatriates working in Mauritius, we also found French, Chinese, Malagasy and Nepalese. The manufacturing sector employs the most foreigners (20,029). Construction comes second, with 10,527 expatriates and agricultural industry third (around 1,200 expatriates). Indians and Bangladeshis have the right to vote in Mauritius as Commonwealth citizens. To be eligible, they ought to have stayed in Mauritius for 2 years, be over 18 years old and be fluent in English.