Mauritius Official Property Price Index: What Registered Sales Show

Mauritius’s official Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) reached 237.7 in the fourth quarter of 2025, up from 234.5 the previous quarter — a 1.4% quarterly rise and a 4.7% year-on-year increase, according to Statistics Mauritius. The RPPI tracks prices of houses and apartments actually sold, based on title deeds registered with the Registrar General Department — not asking prices listed by agencies.

What the RPPI measures, and where the numbers come from

Statistics Mauritius, the national statistics office, publishes the RPPI every quarter, with the year 2019 set at 100. It is built from every house and apartment transaction with a registered title deed, using a mix-adjustment-by-stratification method: sales are split by property type (house or apartment), by buyer origin (Mauritian or foreign) and by region, then combined into a single national index weighted by 2019 transaction values. That breakdown is used only for the internal calculation — Statistics Mauritius currently publishes the aggregated national index only, with no official split by region or property type.

The trend since 2019: a steady climb, at a changing pace

Since the 2019 base year (index 100 as an annual average), the index has gained 137.7 points to reach 237.7 in the fourth quarter of 2025 — a rise of 167.7% since its low point of 88.8 in the fourth quarter of 2019 specifically. The climb has not been a straight line: the last eight quarters show the pace levelling off from mid-2025.

A slowdown, not a downturn

The index peaked at 247.8 in the second quarter of 2025, eased to 234.5 in the third, then edged back up to 237.7 in the fourth. Statistics Mauritius notes that the transaction mix stayed broadly stable over this period, with a sustained higher share of standard properties and a lower share of higher-end ones — so the movement reflects genuine price change within each segment, not a shift in what kind of property is selling from one quarter to the next.

RPPI, asking prices, market surveys: three different measures

The RPPI covers actual, completed sales nationwide, published with a lag of several months after the transactions it counts. It is not the only figure available to a buyer: Westimmo’s own Mauritius property price page lists asking prices, recalculated weekly from the agency’s own listings — useful to benchmark a comparable property, but not representative of the island’s market as a whole. For land specifically, the land price guide by region draws on a separate professional survey from the Estate Agents Association, presented as indicative rather than official. The three sources complement each other: one gives the official national trend, the other two give a current, local order of magnitude.

What the index cannot tell you

Statistics Mauritius flags two limitations itself. First, the index cannot separate land value from the building when a sale covers both, so it cannot yield a pure price-per-square-metre for construction alone. Second, despite the internal breakdown by region, property type and buyer origin, only the aggregated national index is made public — no official version exists by city or district. For a price by area, a buyer still has to rely on professional surveys or listed asking prices.

How to read this figure as a buyer or investor

The RPPI is not a valuation tool for a specific property — it exists to place the Mauritian market within its long-run trend, independent of what any one neighbourhood or development is doing. A slower quarterly rise, as seen since mid-2025, does not mean a market in decline: the index still stands 4.7% above where it was a year earlier. For a rental investment project, this benchmark pairs well with the rental yield figures by city; for a first purchase in Mauritius, with the practical guidance in investing in Mauritius real estate; for a new-build project, with the new developments in Mauritius page.

Frequently asked questions

Who publishes the property price index in Mauritius?

Statistics Mauritius, the national statistics office under the Ministry of Finance. The RPPI comes out every quarter, generally two to three months after the quarter it covers.

Does the index include the price of land on its own?

Not directly: it covers completed house and apartment sales, and land value is not separated from the building in mixed sales. A standalone plot is better tracked through dedicated regional surveys.

Where can I find prices by region or city in Mauritius?

Not in the RPPI, which only publishes the aggregated national index. For a regional read, professional surveys or agency asking prices remain the only available source.

Does the index distinguish Mauritian buyers from foreign buyers?

The calculation method separates domestic and foreign transactions internally, but only the combined figure is published — no sub-index by buyer nationality is made public.

Sources and verification

• Statistics Mauritius — Residential Property Price Index, 4th Quarter 2025