Malawi vs Mauritius

Mauritius scores 45.2 in the NationsTree Index (107th in the world) and Malawi scores 31.9 (158th), a gap of 13.3 points. Their trees are 3.5 m and 3.7 m tall; tree height grows with real GDP and is adjusted by the index.

Malawi has 18 times the population of Mauritius. Malawi is 59 times larger than Mauritius by land area. Malawi and Mauritius have economies of similar size (GDP at purchasing power parity). Population: Malawi 22.2 million and Mauritius 1.2 million (2025).

GDP per person at purchasing power parity is $33,667 in Mauritius and $1,899 in Malawi (2025, international dollars). People in Mauritius live on average 6.2 years longer (73.8 vs 67.6 years).

Of 32 indicators reported by both countries, Malawi ranks higher in the world on 4 and Mauritius on 28. Malawi is clearly stronger in environment & energy, land & people and science & innovation. Mauritius is clearly stronger in infrastructure & digital, society & health and institutions & safety.

As a nation, Malawi is the older of the two (statehood since 1964, 62 years), compared with Mauritius (since 1968). Over the last five years Malawi improved faster (direction score 80 vs 6 out of 100).