Mauritius's flag    Mauritius


Official language: English, French
Currency: Rupee
Capital City: Port Louis
Area: 1969km2
Subregional membership(s): Southern Africa, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), Southern African Development Community (SADC), Island countries, Sub-Saharan Africa, Non-Oil Producing


1301978.0K
2024

Mid-year population
11.5B
2021

GDP at current prices, USD
15.0
2022

Under five mortality rate
102.9
2021

Primary enrolment ratio
Population and migration
United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)0.060.060.070.030.100.130.030.050.120.10
Population - Urban (%)41.0040.9040.80
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)71.971.971.872.072.271.170.471.072.872.9
Total fertility rate (per woman)1.41.41.41.41.41.41.41.41.41.4
Population - Urban (number)516,377516,339516,698517,387518,289519,330520,480521,772523,224524,857
Median age (years)34.134.735.135.636.036.536.837.137.537.8
Population - Male (number)640,400640,424640,470640,439640,524640,872640,946640,752640,825641,059
Population - Urban (%)41.0040.9140.8440.7940.7740.7640.7740.8140.8740.94
Population - Total (number)1,293,1531,293,9111,294,7411,295,3821,296,2791,297,8281,298,9151,299,4691,300,5571,301,978
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)75.075.074.974.975.174.373.674.075.775.8
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)78.278.378.178.078.277.776.877.178.778.9
Population - Female (%)50.4850.5050.5350.5650.5950.6250.6650.6950.73
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)-0.010.070.130.170.200.220.250.280.310.35
Population - Female (number)652,753653,488654,271654,943655,756656,956657,969658,718659,732660,920
Population - Male (%)49.5349.5049.4649.4249.3849.34
Health
World Bank, United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
13.213.313.513.914.214.213.913.4
15.916.016.416.817.217.317.016.4
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)93.00
15.915.916.216.817.418.018.3
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)11.70
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)
13.213.213.413.814.314.614.9
14.614.715.015.415.815.815.515.0
Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (%)5.00
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)99.0092.0089.0099.00
14.614.614.915.415.916.316.6
Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)102.04101.5699.9899.2798.1797.27101.68
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)95.3295.3590.4891.0294.9490.4791.55
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Female (%)99.3599.58
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)87.8086.7587.7087.06
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)18.817.817.916.2
Primary school enrollment - Male (number)51,35749,15346,97145,07243,13341,56242,306
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)2.12.32.42.52.62.72.6
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)97.1796.0696.85
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)95.1493.8694.80
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)1.01.11.11.11.01.1
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)6.76.76.36.46.66.3
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)1.61.71.71.81.71.81.9
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio)1.21.21.31.31.31.31.31.3
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)7.07.06.86.76.76.6
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Male (%)95.8394.5595.0894.9094.3792.94
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)92.7193.1691.3392.15
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)32.4033.98
Primary completion rate - Female (%)99.5099.6097.4698.1998.4095.80100.00
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)6.26.16.06.05.95.96.2
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)1.01.01.01.01.01.0
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)6.16.16.06.05.95.96.1
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)6.86.86.66.56.76.4
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)90.6590.9889.3790.46
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)97.3797.5493.5493.4295.7292.1893.73
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Total (%)96.4695.0496.2294.6195.4595.60
Primary completion rate - Total (%)99.5099.6097.1798.3297.6395.8698.82
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)102.92102.45100.0599.7898.7197.97102.88
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)33.1934.1533.3633.7735.6434.6435.2637.73
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)37.4238.84
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)1.92.02.02.12.12.22.2
Primary completion rate - Male (%)99.3099.3096.8998.4596.8795.9297.66
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)43.0443.8746.8847.4849.9451.2552.9651.27
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Male (%)98.7499.04
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)103.84103.38100.12100.3099.2698.69104.12
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)99.4899.8196.7195.9096.5393.9495.99
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)42.5243.79
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, 15-24 years old (%)0.650.750.701.01
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)98.7299.0499.30
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)1.01.11.11.11.01.1
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%)97.1395.5597.3794.3396.5798.34
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)82.9881.9581.5181.66
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)1.01.01.01.01.01.01.0
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)6.16.06.05.95.95.86.0
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)94.8695.4493.3693.91
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)38.1038.9840.0540.5342.6642.7843.9644.39
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)96.1494.9495.8194.8198.6099.67
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)85.3584.3184.5584.31
Primary school enrollment - Total (number)101,63397,30092,98989,64285,73082,51484,129
Primary school enrollment - Female (number)50,27648,14746,01844,57042,59740,95241,823
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)12.913.212.711.0
National accounts
United Nations Statistics Division, Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Construction (ISIC F) (US dollars)470,814,363471,672,918535,097,377624,296,247643,209,418432,892,695537,732,138586,767,128
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current prices - National Currency (billions)409.9434.4460.9
Industry (%)18.9720.73
Changes in inventories (US dollars)71,912,07466,034,767117,599,605121,734,69750,403,799123,160,80522,810,05827,159,906
Exports of goods and services (US dollars)6,183,497,0216,193,059,5506,603,761,5926,792,595,7256,448,303,4534,489,066,4925,077,120,8647,244,022,133
Industry (%)21.7020.9320.0119.8919.6518.84
Services (%)74.7575.4876.4876.9477.0577.30
Final consumption expenditure (US dollars)10,417,580,66210,840,280,92711,857,056,30312,823,251,88712,721,603,11110,279,352,56310,366,488,00311,123,859,921
Manufacturing (ISIC D) (US dollars)1,561,996,9401,559,548,3081,623,616,8641,668,812,0401,518,701,9801,233,938,6041,343,466,8731,559,340,716
Mining, Manufacturing, Utilities (ISIC C-E) (US dollars)1,833,778,1681,868,911,5891,900,781,8661,969,106,6011,798,098,0181,465,582,8321,556,888,4301,782,617,774
Services (%)77.4575.58
Agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing (ISIC A-B) (US dollars)368,859,590390,079,410410,681,475377,816,644390,818,315358,424,375376,435,523437,319,747
Transport, storage and communication (ISIC I) (US dollars)1,116,851,8561,175,456,6551,286,655,6091,382,811,7301,356,206,1091,074,325,1491,073,547,8481,075,305,931
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current prices - US dollars (billions)11.712.213.4
Final consumption expenditure (US dollars)10,417,580,66210,749,770,67311,054,369,53111,434,708,74511,772,015,65510,250,468,58510,468,231,69310,869,600,744
GDP, PPP - Current, International dollar (millions)24,28026,15527,08228,77130,16825,98328,118
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (US dollars)12,007,291,04612,471,262,56012,961,956,72113,478,990,04813,868,694,92811,844,226,33212,246,856,60413,311,198,474
Wholesale, retail trade, restaurants and hotels (ISIC G-H) (US dollars)1,941,601,0622,070,207,1282,290,810,3752,483,117,6282,435,256,1611,539,230,5031,474,498,7862,017,686,757
Gross fixed capital formation (including Acquisitions less disposals of valuables) (US dollars)2,029,084,3122,109,623,7162,305,300,2722,659,303,4512,755,435,8631,954,815,6232,250,304,6142,553,166,930
Prices
Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period1.290.983.673.220.412.59-17.0110.83
inflation rate: end of period price indices percentage change over previous year1.332.344.201.770.882.75-14.8412.18
Inflation rate (percentage change of CPI over same period of previous year)1.290.983.673.220.412.59-17.0110.83
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)199.67204.34214.56
Consumer price index, All item, 2010=100119.75120.92125.36129.39129.91133.27110.61122.58
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)1.332.345.003.230.452.522.58
Energy
United Nations Statistics Division, African Union Commission, AfDB, AUC and ECA Joint African Statistical Yearbook, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Biogases - Production (terajoules)73.367618171
Biogases - Total energy supply (terajoules)73.367618171
Biogases - Transformation (terajoules)73.367618171
Coal - Production, Tonnes (thousands)36.033.0
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)2,8143,0173,239
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)530516541
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)2,3162,3782,420
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)122116117
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)6.827.15
Electricity - total thermal production (Giga watt hours)2,9762,943
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)709,000726,000744,000
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)591.00614.00639.00
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)882.0894.0
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)0.80.80.80.9
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)2,9983,0683,141
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)
Tourism
World Bank, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), World Tourism Organization
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)
Total contribution to employment, tourism (%)24.3922.60
Total contribution to GDP, tourism (%)25.6123.80
Overnight stays (thousands)8,3899,2659,215
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)30.534.91
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)1,6801,8242,0052,1612,024518.0
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)622.0653.0
Rooms in hotels and similar establishments (thousands)13.613.513.513.5
Transport

Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Paved Road (% of total) (%)
Information society
United Nations Statistics Division, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), World Bank
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
74.5275.7176.9078.1479.39
23.00
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)30.1730.8732.6734.27
92.8095.4099.0099.0099.0099.0099.00
26.75
6,7003,7002,100800600500300
50.1452.1955.4058.6061.7364.88
30.33
16.94
10.365.093.7644.374.384.41
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)136.28140.20142.07148.06144.00147.39151.77
70.9572.8074.6376.0777.53
56,700143,000195,200222,100249,900265,700271,300
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)139.93143.76145.47151.36
35.3036.7099.0099.0099.0099.0099.00
36.55
50.1452.1955.4058.6061.7364.88
67.58
78.2178.7379.2580.2981.34
3.04
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)1,762,3001,814,0001,839,5001,918,0001,866,600
18.44
30.66
25.73
15.2716.431921.2123.724.925.32
0.520.290.160.060.050.040.02
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)29.3930.1031.9133.5335.3936.8836.11
197,400212,600246,000274,700307,200323,200328,900
99.0099.0099.0099.0099.0099.0099.00
134,00065,90048,70051,80056,70056,90057,300
4.3811.0515.0817.1519.2820.4720.89
, 2018=100314,230319,760119,43081,826,450263,9005,318,0501,295,570
International trade
International Road Federation
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Total trade - Import, current USD (millions)6,6826,5737,2817,6617,5385,3186,204
Total trade - Export, current USD (millions)5,5965,4135,6295,8095,4033,2743,401
Banking, insurance, financial statistics
International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Interest rate - Lending (%)8.50
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)35.0635.5434.4833.9335.47
Interest rate - Central bank (%)4.40
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)35.06
Deposit rate (%) (%)6.09
Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics
World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Debt service ratio - Per export (ratio)32.912.817.022.620.822.929.2
Fiscal deficit (% of GDP)-15.1-12.6-7.9-10.9-38.6-47.8-34.2-26.9
Net ODA - current USD (millions)78.442.311.6
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)64.9964.9964.3366.2284.6299.18100.7187.78
General government net lending/borrowing - as % of GDP (%)-3.58-2.82-1.67-2.23-8.43-10.95-7.15
International reserves - current USD (millions)4,2604,9626,3537,3627,2918,563
Net ODA - Per capita (current USD)62.1133.519.2
Total external debt (% of GNI) (%)81.2278.9572.9470.7578.62106.06108.66
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)
Balance of payments
International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Economic Commission for Africa
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Current Account, Goods and Services, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)
Financial account, Reserve assets, National Currency - Net (National Currency)
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)871.8874.2
Current Account, Primary income, Investment income, Portfolio investment, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)
Errors and omissions - current USD (millions)51.8
Current Account, Primary income, Compensation of employees, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)
Current Account, Primary income, Investment income, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)
Capital Account, Total, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)-3.57-4.02-4.62-3.92-5.38-12.50-11.11
Compensation of employees - current USD (millions)1.31.31.41.4
Current Account, Secondary income, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)
Trade balance - current USD (millions)-1,862.3-2,031.0-2,648.5-3,014.6
Financial Account net - current USD (millions)49.7137.5
Financial account, Reserve assets, Monetary gold, National Currency - Net (National Currency)
Current Account, Goods and Services, Services, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)
Services Balance - current USD (millions)691.7772.9870.61,001
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)216.5378.8480.0460.5444.1224.7253.2
Current account balance - current USD (millions)-417.0-491.4-573.9-815.3
Capital Account net - current USD (billions)
Capital Account, Capital transfers - Net (National Currency)
Net errors and omissions, Domestic Currency - Net (National Currency)
Primary income (Net) - current USD (millions)1,0781,0951,4761,491
Total, Domestic Currency - Net (National Currency)743,494626,226904,2971,097,547992,219726,7651,818,9641,431,562
Current Account, Primary income, Investment income, Direct investment, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)
Current Account, Primary income, Investment income, Other investment, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)99.728.389.298.457.716.185.6
Current Account, Goods and Services,Goods , Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)
Current Account, Secondary income, General government, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)
Current Account, Total, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)
Portfolio Investment (Net) - current USD (millions)285.6
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)
Current Account, Goods and Services, Goods , General merchandise on a balance of payments basis, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)
Financial account, Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (balance from financial account), National Currency - Net (National Currency)
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)4,2754,606
Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (balance from current and capital account), Domestic Currency - Net (National Currency)
Secondary income (Net) - current USD (millions)-324.3-328.1-271.9-293.2
Current Account, Primary income, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)
Environment
United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)
Carbon Dioxide Emissions - per Capita (metric tons)3.343.44
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)4.04.04.24.14.2
CO2 emissions per capita (metric tons)3.203.20
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)19.20
CO2 emissions per capita (metric tons)
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)18.8718.8619.0419.0619.0819.10
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected (%)0.010.010.010.010.010.010.01
Land area covered by forest (%)
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected (%)0.010.01