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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

1269.7K

₂₀₁₉

Mid-year population

13.4B

₂₀₁₇

GDP at current prices, USD

13.1

₂₀₁₇

Under five mortality rate

101.6

₂₀₁₇

Primary enrolment ratio

Population and migration

United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)	1.36	1.20	1.28	1.44	1.60	1.68	1.60	1.44	1.20
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)	-0.64	-0.64	-0.64	0.56	0.56	0.56
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)	620.3	622.0	623.4	624.5	625.3	626.0	626.8	627.7	628.6
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)	564.0	565.7	567.3	568.6	569.8	570.9	572.1	573.2	574.5
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)	591.7	593.4	594.8	596.0	597.0	597.9	598.9	599.9	601.0
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 0-4 (%)				17.36		17.52
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 10-14 (%)				25.60		25.28
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 15-19 (%)				38.32		36.08
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 20-24 (%)				61.60		58.48
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 25-29 (%)				80.08		78.96
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 30-34 (%)				83.52		85.20
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 35-39 (%)				107.52		95.20
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 40-44 (%)				107.92		101.60
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 45-49 (%)				87.92		90.16
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 5-9 (%)				22.48		21.76
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 50-54 (%)				56.24		65.04
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 55-59 (%)				39.20		43.60
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 60-64 (%)				26.72		30.08
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 65+ (%)				45.60		51.04
Population - Female (%)	403.44	403.52	403.60	403.76	404.00	404.32	404.64	404.96	405.28
Population - Female (thousands)	5,058	5,066	5,075	5,085	5,098	5,112	5,127	5,142
Population - Male (%)	396.56	396.48	396.40	396.24	396.00	395.68	395.36	395.04	394.72
Population - Male (thousands)	4,970	4,978	4,984	4,990	4,997	5,004	5,010	5,016
Population - Total (thousands)	10,028	10,044	10,059	10,076	10,095	10,116	10,137	10,157
Population - Urban (%)	330.40	329.60	328.80	328.00	327.20	326.40	326.40	326.40
Population - Urban (%)	330.40	329.60	328.80	328.00	327.20	326.40
Population - Urban (thousands)	4,144	4,136	4,136	4,128	4,128	4,136
Total fertility rate (per woman)	12.0	11.8	11.6	11.4	11.3	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9

Health

United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 adolescent women aged 15-19 - Female (per 1,000 population)	240.7			185.1
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)	432.0	432.0	432.0	424.0
Prevalence of undernourishment (%)
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)	792.00	792.00
Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (%)	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00
Proportion of population using improved drinking water source - Total (%)	800.00	800.00	800.00	800.00
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)	744.00	744.00	744.00	744.00
Under-five mortality rate (Per 1,000 live births)	116.8	114.4	111.2	108.0

Education

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Statistics Division, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)	711.84	712.40	722.24	725.20	727.84
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)	757.20	752.32	758.16	758.88	763.52
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)	734.16	731.92	739.76	741.68	745.28
Gender parity index for participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (ratio)	8.2	8.2	8.0	8.3
Gender parity index of teachers in pre-primary education who are trained (ratio)	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0
Gender parity index of teachers in primary education who are trained (ratio)	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)	827.12	822.64	828.08	830.72	827.04	819.68
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)	820.96	808.88	811.36	816.32	812.48	805.44
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)	824.00	815.68	819.60	823.36	819.60	812.40
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)	761.68	779.28	806.64	795.84	798.40	792.56
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)	726.64	757.68	792.08	762.56	762.72	739.84
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)	743.92	768.32	799.20	778.96	780.24	765.68
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)	355.44	352.96	345.60	340.16		350.32
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)	267.76	288.24	280.96	259.20		271.84
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)	311.20	320.32	313.04	299.36		310.72
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Female (%)	696.72	698.96	743.92
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Male (%)	592.88	593.84	655.60
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Total (%)	647.68	646.80	696.16	641.04	670.08	679.76
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)				789.76
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)	68.0	68.0	68.0
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)	757.28	777.76	778.56	777.36	768.48	774.80
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)	741.68	759.12	760.40	761.12	750.88	758.40
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)	749.28	768.24	769.28	769.12	759.52	766.48
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)				702.40	693.92	701.52
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)				663.84	655.52	652.00
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)				682.80	674.40	676.32
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (%)	786.80	784.32	753.76	750.88
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) - Female (%)	796.00	796.32	752.40	767.36
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) - Male (%)	777.92	772.88	754.96	734.96
Primary school enrollment - Female (number)	447,088	431,240	417,656	402,208	385,176	368,144	356,560	340,776
Primary school enrollment - Male (number)	461,984	441,536	425,920	410,856	393,224	375,768	360,576	345,064
Primary school enrollment - Total (number)	909,072	872,776	843,576	813,064	778,400	743,912	717,136	685,840
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)	167.5	158.3	149.8	150.6	142.3	143.5	129.6
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)	117.7	105.0	106.2	103.0	105.7	101.2	87.9
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)	7.8	7.8
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)	8.2
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio)	10.5	9.6
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)	49.3	49.0	49.3	49.4	49.1	48.8
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)	48.9	48.2	48.2	48.5	48.2	47.9
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)	49.0	48.6	48.7	48.9	48.6	48.4
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)	53.0	54.6	56.5	55.6	55.8	55.4
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)	50.6	53.0	55.4	53.3	53.4	51.8
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)	51.8	53.8	55.9	54.4	54.6	53.6
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)	17.8	17.7	17.3	17.0		17.5
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)	13.4	14.4	14.1	13.0		13.6
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)	15.6	16.0	15.7	15.0		15.5
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%)	780.88	790.96	764.56	777.04	764.40
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Male (%)	752.48	780.96	771.60	766.64	756.40
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Total (%)	766.48	785.92	768.24	771.68	760.32

National accounts

United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current USD (billions)	93.3	97.0	102.4	93.5	97.8	106.9
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - National Currency (billions)	2,805	2,979	3,136	3,279	3,475	3,687

Prices

Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Consumer price index, All item, 2010=100	885.04	916.40	945.84	958.00	967.36	1,003	1,035	1,039	1,066
Inflation rate (percentage change of CPI over same period of previous year)	30.80	28.32	25.76	10.32	7.84	29.36	25.76	3.28
inflation rate: end of period price indices percentage change over previous year	25.76	32.40	1.52	10.64	18.72	33.60	14.16	7.04	22.00
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period	30.80	28.32	25.76	10.32	7.84	29.36	25.76	3.28	20.72
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)	25.36	32.56	1.52	10.64	18.72	40.00
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)	1,512	1,573	1,576	1,597	1,635	1,716

Energy

African Union Commission, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Coal - Production, Tonnes (thousands)	208.0	224.0	248.0	288.0	264.0
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)	20,496	21,280	21,680	22,512	24,136	25,912
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)	18,272	21,280
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)	5,388	3,944	3,816	4,240	4,128	4,328
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)	14,059	18,331	18,704	18,528	19,024	19,360
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)	8,544	8,632
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)	787.36	758.64	728	976	928	936
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)	592.8	760
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)	54.64	50.56	52	54.56	57.2
Electricity - total thermal production (Giga watt hours)	22,538	22,761	23,155	23,809	23,541
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)	3,592	3,608	3,712	4,728	4,912	5,112
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)	6,881	6,865	6,905	7,056	7,152
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.8	6.7	7.0
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)	20,293	23,086	23,308	23,984	24,544	25,128
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)	22,372	23,104

Tourism

World Bank, World Tourism Organization, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)	3,152	3,664	4,024	4,976	5,224
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	234.8	225.76	218.88	244	279.28
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)	14,224	12,744	13,752	13,440	14,592	16,040	17,288
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)	7,720	7,944	8,312
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)	7,872	8,120	8,520	9,392	10,456	10,976	11,448
Overnight stays (thousands)	47,496	51,008		67,112	74,120	73,720
Rooms in hotels and similar establishments (thousands)	100.2	99.0	102.4	108.9	108.4	108.1	108.2
Total contribution to employment, tourism (%)	211.68	199.84	191.44	195.12		180.80
Total contribution to GDP, tourism (%)	222.48	201.52	201.52	204.88		190.40

Transport

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Paved Road (% of total) (%)

Information society

United Nations Statistics Division, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (%)	90.88	104.40	116.56	126.00
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (10MB) (%)			11.68	44.24
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (256KL2M) (%)	87.04		98.24	79.84
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (2L10MB) (%)	2.24		4.96	4.24
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	222.80	231.28	236.80	241.36	246.96	261.36	274.16
Internet users per 100 inhabitants (%)	283.36	320.96	358.40	401.12	417.52	443.20	468.80	512.00
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)	11,886,400	12,268,800	13,216,000	14,098,400	14,512,000	14,716,000
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	948.24	977.28	1,051	1,119	1,150	1,164	1,211
Number of fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (10MB) (thousands)			146.4	554.4
Number of fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (256KL2M) (thousands)	1,079		1,227	1,001
Number of fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (2L10MB) (thousands)	27.7		62.4	53.6
Number of fixed Internet broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (thousands)	1,126	1,299	1,456	1,579
Proportion of individuals using the Internet (%)	283.36	320.96	358.40	401.12
Proportion of population covered by at least a 2G mobile network (%)	792.00	792.00	792.00	792.00
Proportion of population covered by at least a 3G mobile network (%)			720.00	742.40
Proportion of population covered by at least a 4G mobile network (%)			480.00	282.40
Total official development assistance for biodiversity, by recipient - current USD (billions)	133.4	81.4	405.8	2.2

International trade

International Road Federation

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021

Banking, insurance, financial statistics

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Deposit rate (%) (%)	49.84	54.48	54.24	48.72
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	240.40	245.60	244.96	280.48
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	240.40	245.60	244.96	280.48	284.32	275.84	271.44	283.76
Interest rate - Central bank (%)	39.20	37.20	37.20	35.20
Interest rate - Lending (%)	69.36	68.00	68.00	68.00

Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics

World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Debt service ratio - Per export (ratio)	327.4	162.6	344.9	261.4	102.6	158.2
Net ODA - current USD (millions)	1,413	1,166	356.7	627.4	338.7	93.1
Net ODA - Per capita (current USD)	1,125	926.32	282.88	496.88	268.08	73.6
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)	452.80	472.80	496.24	522.88	529.68	509.68	521.60	540.00

Balance of payments

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Economic Commission for Africa

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Capital Account net - current USD (billions)
Compensation of employees - current USD (millions)	6.9	4.4	6.7	10.5	10.4	10.9	10.8
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)	-58.32	-50.48	-45.20	-39.04	-34.96	-48.16
Current account balance - current USD (millions)	-6,620.1	-6,002.2	-5,520.2	-3,335.9	-3,930.8	-4,591.1	-6,522.6
Errors and omissions - current USD (millions)	-3,006.1	1,840	825.2	414.8
Financial Account net - current USD (millions)	-9,626.2	-4,162.0	1,262	397.9	1,100
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)	4,712	2,347	3,347	1,666	2,795	2,341
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)	25,744	34,757	27,979	34,203	36,847
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)	1,443	1,343	726.5	430.9	43.9	491.9
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)	11,204	12,037	11,157	6,974	6,994
Portfolio Investment (Net) - current USD (millions)	-15,720.7	3,751	7,135	2,285
Primary income (Net) - current USD (millions)	4,173	8,368	9,116	8,623	8,759	11,807	11,930
Secondary income (Net) - current USD (millions)	1,136	-736.4	-2,800.1	-2,594.5	-2,624.9	-2,175.3	-2,346.0
Services Balance - current USD (millions)	7,716	4,528	6,244	5,534	6,183	6,965	8,010
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)			-188.00
Trade balance - current USD (millions)	-19,645.2	-18,162.0	-18,080.2	-14,898.3	-16,248.1	-21,187.6	-24,116.7

Environment

United Nations Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)
CO2 emissions, total, per capita and per $1 GDP (PPP) (Kilograms)
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)	56.80	43.20
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)				153.60
Land area covered by forest (%)

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