The level of productivity of a country is best determined by its competitiveness. Mauritius ranks 39th out of a total of 144 countries in The Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The country continues to be the top-performing sub-Saharan African country in the list.

This paper undertakes a comprehensive analysis of Mauritius’s competitiveness relative to the best performers at international and regional level using the Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 published by the World Economic Forum (WEF)….