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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. Rankings of Mauritius best banks and safest banks are also available.
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 4.5 billion (2016)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| 4.5% | 5.9% | 5.5% | 3.1% | 4.1% | 3.9% | 3.2% |
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* | ||
| 3.2% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.9% |
*Estimate
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
| 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 3.5% | 3.2% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 8.0% | 7.8% | 7.9% | 7.5% | 7.2% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 53.9% | 56.2% | 58.6% | 58.9% | 58.3% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| -3.5% | -3.2% | -3.4% | -2.8% | -2.9% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: Baa1
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 8.9 billion | USD 8.8 billion | USD 7.2 billion |
-4.5% (2017 estimate)
49.0% (2015)
0.01% (2015)
0.06% (2015)
Clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses, fish, primates (for research)
Manufactured goods, capital equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
UK 13.2%, UAE 12.4%, France 11.9%, US 10.7%, South Africa 8.6%, Madagascar 6.5%, Italy 5.4%, Spain 4.4% (2015)
India 18.7%, China 17.8%, France 7.1%, South Africa 6.5%, Vietnam 4.4% (2015)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 293 million | USD 418 million | USD 208 million |
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 168 million | USD 91 million | USD 54 million |
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD -418.3 million | USD 65.4 million | USD 1218.6 million | USD 1149.8 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: 49 out of 190 countries (2017)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 48 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 34 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 98 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 44 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 32 out of 190 countries
Trading Across Borders: 74 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 45 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 33 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 110 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 39 out of 190 countries
45 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 15 / Score: 74.73 (Mostly free) (2016)
(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)