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Mauritius

Headline economic indicators for Mauritius, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Mauritius
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 3.7% +0.07 (+1.9%)
Consumer price index · 176.6 +6.26 (+3.7%)
GDP deflator inflation · 3.9% +0.21 (+5.5%)

GDP

GDP — Mauritius
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 3.2% -1.80 (-36.3%)
GDP per capita · 12,991.29 +1,000 (+8.3%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 20,643 +1,574 (+8.3%)
GDP · 16,157,804,491.76 +1,219,748,801 (+8.2%)
GDP, PPP · 41,872,584,927 +2,385,454,205 (+6.0%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 33,667 +1,970 (+6.2%)
GDP per capita growth · 3.3% -1.87 (-36.0%)
GNI per capita · 14,040 +1,080 (+8.3%)
Agriculture to GDP · 4.6% +0.38 (+9.1%)
Industry to GDP · 17.7% -0.11 (-0.6%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 11.2% +0.15 (+1.3%)
Services to GDP · 63.9% -0.50 (-0.8%)
Household consumption to GDP · 68.4% -0.29 (-0.4%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 19.9% -1.18 (-5.6%)
Gross savings to GDP · 21.1% +0.38 (+1.8%)

Labour

Labour — Mauritius
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 5.6% +0.09 (+1.6%)
Labour force participation rate · 58.5% -0.12 (-0.2%)
Female labour force participation rate · 47.5% +0.01 (+0.0%)
Youth unemployment rate · 17.4% +0.88 (+5.3%)
Employment to population ratio · 55.2% -0.16 (-0.3%)
Employment in agriculture · 4.7% -0.18 (-3.7%)
Employment in industry · 20.6% -0.36 (-1.7%)
Employment in services · 74.7% +0.54 (+0.7%)

Money

Money — Mauritius
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · 4.9% -0.57 (-10.4%)
Broad money to GDP · 142.3% +1.82 (+1.3%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 72.0% +2.17 (+3.1%)
Lending rate · 9.0% -0.38 (-4.0%)
Bank deposit rate · 4.5% +0.40 (+9.7%)
Stock market capitalization to GDP · 55.0% -6.06 (-9.9%)
Bank nonperforming loans · 3.5% -0.24 (-6.4%)
Official exchange rate · 46 -0.42 (-0.9%)

Trade

Trade — Mauritius
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -7.0% -2.08 (-42.0%)
Exports to GDP · 65.0% -2.07 (-3.1%)
Imports to GDP · 74.9% -3.40 (-4.3%)
Trade to GDP · 139.9% -5.48 (-3.8%)
Exports of goods and services · 10,508,453,742.18 +483,391,626 (+4.8%)
Imports of goods and services · 12,103,211,066.07 +405,380,585 (+3.5%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -2,063,200,052.48 -417,028,610 (-25.3%)
Current account balance (annual) · -1,050,013,442.3 -353,199,492 (-50.7%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 5.0% +0.42 (+9.2%)
Remittances received to GDP · 1.9% -0.32 (-14.3%)
Total reserves, including gold · 10,308,130,278.87 +1,801,995,994 (+21.2%)
Reserves in months of imports · 5.2 +1.38 (+36.4%)
External debt to GNI · 123.2% -0.42 (-0.3%)

Government

Government — Mauritius
Indicator Value Change
Government debt to GDP · 57.1% +2.57 (+4.7%)
Government revenue to GDP · 24.7% +0.05 (+0.2%)
Government expense to GDP · 29.1% +0.95 (+3.4%)
Tax revenue to GDP · 20.5% -0.06 (-0.3%)
Government budget balance to GDP · -8.1% -2.30 (-39.7%)
Government consumption to GDP · 14.2% -0.78 (-5.2%)
Education spending to GDP · 4.2% -0.33 (-7.2%)
Health spending to GDP · 5.6% -0.28 (-4.7%)

Demography

Demography — Mauritius
Indicator Value Change
Population · 1,243,741 -2,038 (-0.2%)
Population, long-run history · 1,307 +0.55 (+0.0%)
Population growth · -0.2% +0.07 (+28.8%)
Life expectancy · 73.8 +0.38 (+0.5%)
Fertility rate · 1.44 +0.04 (+2.9%)
Birth rate · 10.3 +0.00 (+0.0%)
Death rate · 10.0 +0.50 (+5.3%)
Urban population share · 39.0% +0.02 (+0.1%)
Population aged 65 and over · 14.1% +0.59 (+4.4%)
Under-five mortality rate · 15.4 +0.00 (+0.0%)
Population density · 622.9 -1.43 (-0.2%)
Net migration · -2,784 +3.00 (+0.1%)
Gini index · 36.8 -1.70 (-4.4%)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Mauritius; the database as a whole is cited above.

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