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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Mauritius economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends.
Situated in the southern Indian Ocean about 1,200 miles off the African coast, Mauritius wants to be the go-to country for entrepreneurs seeking opportunities in Africa. With strong economic and governance fundamentals, a savvy bilingual workforce and a network of agreements with African countries, Mauritius is already being used by major Indian and Chinese companies to expand into the continent.
USD 7.29 billion (2020)
World Bank, last updated 12/16/2021
World Bank, last updated 12/16/2021
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 3.8% | 3.8% | 3.0% | -14.9% | 5.0% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 3.7% | 3.2% | 0.5% | 2.5% | 5.1% |
*Estimate
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 7.1% | 6.9% | 6.7% | 9.2% | 9.5% |
*Estimate
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 64.3% | 66.2% | 84.6% | 96.9% | 101% |
*Estimate
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 0.7% | 0.3% | 5.6.% | -9.1% | -5.7% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: Baa2
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2022)
USD 6.2 billion (2020)
USD -2 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
-18.6% (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
30% (2020)
0.01% (2020)
0.03% (2020)
Fish products, raw sugar, clothing and apparel, diamonds, refined petroleum (2019)
Refined petroleum, cars, fish products, aircraft, packaged medicines (2019)
France 10%, South Africa 10%, United States 10%, United Kingdom 8%, Zambia 7%, Madagascar 6% (2019)
China 15%, India 13%, France 10%, South Africa 8%, United Arab Emirates 7% (2019)
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| USD 461 million | USD 471 million | USD 246 million |
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| USD 98million | USD 57 million | USD 26 million |
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| USD 1,852 million | USD 241 million | USD 147 million | USD -378 million |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 13 out of 190 countries
(2020)
Dealing with Construction Permits: 8 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 28 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 23 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 67 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 18 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 5 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 72 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 20 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 28 out of 190 countries
Ranking: 30 / Score: 70.9 (Mostly Free)
Ranking: 30 / Score: 70.9 (Mostly Free)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Creole 86.5%, Bhojpuri 5.3%, French 4.1%, two languages 1.4%, other 2.6% (includes English, the official language, which is spoken by less than 1% of the population), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)
Hindu 48.5%, Roman Catholic 26.3%, Muslim 17.3%, other Christian 6.4%, other 0.6%, none 0.7%, unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
| 1.059 million | 1.186 million | 1.25 million | 1.259 million | 1.26 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
| 33% | 42% | 43% | 40% |
Total population: 90.6%
Male: 92.9%
Female: 88.5% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
0.7% (2012)
35.8 (2012)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 2 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 30.31% Mobile 140.58% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)