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Date of last u​pdate: 30 November 2023

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The data shown in this page correspond to the data described on the International Monetary Fund’s Disseminati​on Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB). For a fuller explanation of the DSBB and the statistical standards to which Mauritius has committed, please click on DSBB Home Page

Abbreviations used: ‘Rs M’ stands for ‘Rupees Million’

[Unless otherwise indicated, data a​re not seasonally adjusted. Unless otherwise indicated, data are preliminary.]

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​​​R​​EAL SECTOR ​

SDDS Data Category and Component

Unit Description
Observations

More information
Date of latest data
Latest data
Data for previous period
National Accounts 1
 
 
 

M​or​​e​ ​in​​​f​​o​r​​m​ation​​​

Historical Series
GDP in current (market) prices by production approach
Rs M
Q2/23
149,985
147,014
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Primary Sector
Rs M
Q2/23
5,435
4,684

Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Rs M
Q2/23
4,911
4,278
 
Mining and quarrying
Rs M
Q2/23
524
406
 
Secondary Sector
Rs M
Q2/23
24,552
21,866
 
Manufacturing
Rs M
Q2/23
16,385
13,083

Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
Rs M
Q2/23
1,723
2,162
 
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities​
Rs M
Q2/23
427
442
 
Construction
Rs M
Q2/23
6,018
6,179
 
Tertiary Sector
Rs M
Q2/23
97,809
100,754
 
Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles    
Rs M
Q2/23
14,185
12,660
​​ 
Transportation and storage
Rs M
Q2/23
6,558
6,929
 
Accomodation and food service activites
Rs M
Q2/23
9,342
10,388
 
Information and communication
Rs M
Q2/23
5,963
5,710
 
Financial and insurance activities
Rs M
Q2/23
19,443
19,704

Real estate activities
Rs M
Q2/23
6,229
6,987
 
Professional, scientific and technical activities
Rs M
Q2/23
7,031
7,660
 
Administrative and support service activities
Rs M
Q2/23
3,556
4,074
 
Public administration and defence: compulsory social security                                            
Rs M
Q2/23
9,004
8,834
 
Education
Rs M
Q2/23
5,871
5,943
 
Human health and social work activities
Rs M
Q2/23
6,164
6,249
 
Art, entertainment and recreation
Rs M
Q2/23
3,056
3,629
 
Other service activities
Rs M
Q2/23
1,408
1,988
 
FISIM

 


 
Taxes on products (net of subsidies)
Rs M
Q2/23
22,189
19,709
 
GDP volumea/ (at basic prices) by production approach
% (annual growth over corresponding quarter of previous year)
Q2/23
+6.0
+6.2
 
Primary Sector
%
Q2/23
+4.8
+6.8
 
Agriculture, forestry and fishing​
%
Q2/23
+5.3
+7.3
​​​ 
Mining and quarrying
%
Q2/23
+1.1
+2.8
 
Secondary Sector
%
Q2/23
+6.8
+2.2
 
Manufacturing
%
Q2/23
+4.6
+0.2
 
Electricity , gas, steam and air conditioning supply
%
Q2/23
+5.3
+5.6
 
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
%
Q2/23
+2.1
+3.5
 
Construction
%
Q2/23
+14.2
+4.7
 
Tertiary Sector
%
Q2/23
+6.7
+10.3
 
Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
%
Q2/23
+2.6
+3.2
 
Transportation and storage​
%
Q2/23
+13.9
+6.5
 
Accomodation and food se​rvice activities

     ​​%​

Q2/23
+31.6
+60.2

Information and communication
%
Q2/23
+4.0
+4.0
 
Financial and insurance activities
%
Q2/23
+4.7
                        +4.0


Real estate activities
%
Q2/23
+4.6
+1.1
 
Professional, scientific and technical activities
%
Q2/23
+8.5
+1.1
 
Administrative and support service activities
%
Q2/23
+10.4
+0.8
 
Public administration and defence: compulsory social security                                            
%
Q2/23
-0.4
                    ​​+2.1
 
Education
%
Q2/23
+0.3
+2.7
 
Human health and social work activities
%
Q2/23
-6.8
+1.0
 
Art, entertainment and recreation
%
Q2/23
+4.7
+4.5
 
Other service activities
%
Q2/23
+3.7
+4.7
 
Taxes on products (net of subsidies)
%
Q2/23
+5.6
+3.4
 
GDP volumea/ (at market prices) by production approach 
% (annual growth over corresponding quarter of previous year)
Q2/23
+6.0
+5.8
 
GDP in current market prices by expenditure approach
Rs M
Q2/23
149,985
147,014


Household consumption expenditure
Rs M
Q2/23
94,878
95,397
 
Government consumption expenditure
Rs M
Q2/23
24,255
22,398
 
Gross fixed capital formation
Rs M
Q2/23
30,​429
31,347

Changes in inventories
Rs M
Q2/23
338
243
 
Exports of goods and services
Rs M
Q2/23
84,762
88,206
 
Imports of goods and services
Rs M
Q2/23
92,057
86,074
 
Statistical discrepancy b/
Rs M
Q2/23
7,379
-4,502
 
GDP volumeaby expenditure approach
% (annual growth over corresponding quarter of previous year)
Q2/23
+6.0
+5.8
 
Household consumption expenditure
%
Q2/23
+3.2
+1.3
 
Government consumption expenditure
%
Q2/23
-2.5
-3.0
 
Gross fixed capital formation
%
Q2/23
+10.5
+8.7
 
Changes in inventoriesc/


 
Exports of goods and services
%
Q2/23
+2.4
+15.4
 
Imports of goods and services
%
Q2/23
​+9.1
+3.7​
 
Statistical discrepancyc/





Production Index (Quarterly Index of Industrial Production) d/
(Base: Y​ear 2018=100)
Q2/23
96.6
91.0
Mor​e ​In​fo​​rmation​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Historic​​al​ Series​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Labour market
 
 
 
 
 ​
​​Employment e/
In thousands
         ​Q2/23​​
​                     553.2
​                     551.8
Mor​e​ ​I​​nfor​​mation​​
Histori​cal Series
Une​mployment e/
In thousands
Q2/23
                  38.1
39.4
​​Histori​cal Series​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Wages/Earnings g/
(Base: Fourth Quarter 2021=100)
Q2​/23
​111.2
110.7​
Historica​l Se​ries​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Price Indices
 
 

 
 
Consumer Price Index h/ 
(Base: Jan-Dec​ 2017=100)
Oct/23
131.5
​131.6

Historic​​al Series​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Producer Price Index-Manufacturing i
(Base: Year 2018=100​)
Oct/23
150.0
​​151.0​​​​
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SDDS Data Category and Component

Unit Description
Observations

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Latest data
Data for previous period
General Government Operations (GFS2001) 
 ​​
 
 

Historical Series​​​​​​​
Revenue
Rs M
2021/22
​135,691
105,784

Expense
Rs M
2021/22
162,004
156,255
​​
Gross Operating Balance
Rs M
2021/22
-26,313
-50,471
​ 
Net Acquisition of nonfinancial assets
Rs M
2021/22
15,409
9,546
 
Net lending/borrowing
Rs M
2021/22
-41,722​
-60,017​​
 
Central Government Operations Statement of Budgetary Central Government Operations(GFS2001)
 
 
 ​​
Revenue
Rs M
Oct/23
14,797 11,690
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​Taxes
Rs M​
           Oct/23
13,43410,406
 
Social Contributions
Rs M
Oct/23
1,101 757
 
Grants
Rs M
Oct/23
12.30.1
 
Other Revenue
Rs M
Oct/23
250527​
 
Expense
Rs M
Oct/23
14,863 13,710
 
Of which: interest j/
Rs M
Oct/23
1,404
1,552
 
Gross Operating Balance
Rs M
            Oct/23
-66 -2,020
Net Acquisition of Nonfinancial Assets
Rs M
Oct/23
1,020 451​


Net Lending (+) /Borrowing (-)
Rs M
Oct/23
-1,085
-2,471
 
Net Acquisition of Financial Assets
Rs M
Oct​/23
659
792
 
Domestic
Rs M
Oct/23
659639
 
Foreign
Rs M
Oct/23
-
153
 
SDR
Rs M
Oct/23
-
-
 
Net Incurrence of Liabilities
Rs M
Oct/23
1,7443,263
 
Domestic
Rs M
Oct/23
1,7273,689
 
​Monetary Authority
Rs M
Oct/23
38 28
​Banks
Rs M
Oct/23
10,203
4,540  
​Non-Bank 
Rs M
Oct/23
1,341
399
​Other
Rs M
Oct/23
-9,855
-1,278
​Foreign
Rs M
Oct/23
17 -427
 
Memorandum Item: Total Expenditure
Rs M
Oct/23
15,883 14,161​
​ 
Central Government Debt
 
 
 
Historic​al Series​​​
Total gross outstanding debt
Rs M
Q3/23
451,885
448,772
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Domestic debt by maturity
Rs M
Q3/23
372,242 364,773
 
Long-term
Rs M
Q3/23
266,487 ​262,616  
Medium-term
Rs M
Q3/23
68,140 62,546  
Short-term
Rs M
Q3/23
37,615 39,611  
External debt by maturity
Rs M
Q3/23

83,874  
Long-term**
Rs M
Q3/23
79,518 83,797  
Medium-term
Rs M
Q3/23
0.0
0.0  
​Short-term
Rs M
Q3/23
35.0 77.0
Debt guaranteed by the central government
Rs M
Q3/23
​24
24
 
      Domestic Extra Budgetary Units
Rs M
Q3/23
24 24  
      Foreign Extra Budgetary Units
Rs M
Q3/23
0
0
 
​Non-guaranteed Debt of Extra Budgetary Units
Rs M
Q3/23
101 101

​          Domestic
​​Rs M
Q3/23
101 101
​​


SDDS Data Category and Component​
Unit Description
Observations
More information
Date of latest data
​​Latest data
Data for previous period
Depository Corporations Survey




Broad Money Liabilities (M3)
Rs M
Oct/23
832,270​​ 835,134
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Narrow Money Liabilities (or M1) *
Rs M
Oct/23
n.a n.a
 
Quasi-Money Liabilities*
Rs M
Oct/23
n.a n.a
 ​
​Securities other than shares included in Broad Money
Rs M
Oct/23
6,183 5,045
Domestic credit ^1
Rs M
Oct/23​
854,033
842,622  
Central government (net) 4
Rs M
Oct/23​
164,350 159,618
 
​Public nonfinancial corporations
Rs M
 Oct/23​
18,213 20,202  
Private nonfinancial sector
Rs M
Oct/23
436,156 429,472  
​Households
Rs M
Oct/23
212,163 210,794  
​Corporations ^
Rs M
Oct/23
223,994 218,677  
Other (public and private) financial corporations (net)
Rs M
Oct/23
235,314 234,331  
Foreign position of depository corporations (net) ^​
Rs M
Oct/23
836,857 841,667  
Other items (net)
Rs M
Oct/23
-858,620​​​ ​-850,156 ​ 
 
 
 
​​ 
​ 
 
Central Bank Survey 3




​​Histor​i​​​cal Series​​​​​​​

Monetary base
Rs M
Oct/23
166,937
163,024

Domestic credit
Rs M
Oct/23
78,631
82,280
Central government (net)
           Rs M           ​ Oct/23
​-12,358 -8,675  
Public nonfinancial corporations
Rs M
Oct/23
0 0  
Private sector
Rs M
Oct/23
90,990 90,956  
​Claims on private nonfinancial corporations
Rs M
Oct/23
0
​​0
 
​Claims on other depository corporations
Rs M
Oct/23
57
52
 
​Other claims
Rs M
Oct/23
90,933
90,903
 
Net foreign position of the central bank
Rs M
Oct/23
​229,653
229,918
Other items (net)
Rs M
Oct/23
​-141,347​
​-149,175​
 
 Interest Rates
 
 
​​​ 
​ 
Bank Rate​​ 
Repo Rate​
Principal I​nte​rest Rates​​​
His​t​oric​a​l S​eries​​​​​​​​
​Government securities
 
D
 
 
 
Base interest rate 
 
D
 
 
 
Inter-bank rates
 
D
 
 
 
Financial Soundness Indicators
 
 
 
 
Stock Market: Share Price Index
 
D
 
 





SDDS Data Category and Component
Unit Description
Observations
M​ore information
Date of latest data
Latest data
Data for previous period
Balance of Payments k/
 
​ 
 
​ 
Methodological Note
BPM6_Information Note​​​
Current account
Rs M
Q2/23
-10,666
-4,199
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
   Exports of goods and services
Rs M
Q2/23​​
57,932
61,242

   Imports of goods and services
Rs M
Q2/23
91,057
84,653

   Net primary income
Rs M
Q2/23
27,947
25,468
 
   Net secondary income
Rs M
Q2/23
​-5,488
-6,256
 
Capital account
Rs M
Q2/23
                  63
348

Financial account
Rs M
Q2/23
-13,489​
-3,220
​ 
Inward direct investment
Rs M
Q2/23
100,933
157,492
 
Outward direct investment
Rs M
Q2/23
82,505
​           ​           131,720
 
Portfolio investment assets
Rs M
Q2/23
57,899
87,9​99
 
Portfolio investment liabilities
Rs M
Q2/23
37,622
31,451
 
Net financial derivatives
Rs M
Q2/23
844
839
​ 
Other investment assets
Rs M
Q2/23
22,065
63,127

Other investments liabilities
Rs M
Q2/23
41,404
43,075
 
Reserve assets
Rs M
Q2/23
3,158
-54,887
 
  Net errors and omissions
Rs M
Q2/23
-2,886
631

International Reserves (Official Reserve Assets)3
 

 
Foreign currency reserves
Rs M
Oct/23
297,041 293,057
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
IMF reserve position
Rs M
Oct/23
2,422
          2,436
​ 
SDRs
Rs M
Oct/23
13,157​
     13,180
​ ​
Gold
Rs M
Oct/23
​35,391
33,417
 
Other reserve assets
Rs M
Oct​/23
246,071
244,024
 
Data Template on International Reser​ves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
Rs M
Oct/23
​   ​   297,041
​​    293,057
Merchandise Trade (Foreign Trade)
 
 ​
 
​​​​M​or​​e​ ​In​​​​f​o​​​r​ma​tion​​​​​​​​​​​
Histo​​​​ric​​al Series​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Trade balance
Rs M
Sep/23
-12,768
​-17,314
 ​
Total merchandise exports (f.o.b.)
Rs M
Sep/23
8,753
9,787

Total merchandise imports (c.i.f.)
Rs M
Sep/23
21,521​​
​27,101
 
International Investment Position l/
 
 
1,431,562
1,818,962
Historical Series​​​ ​​​​
Assets
Rs M
2022
25,734,401
25,112,456

Direct investment abroad
Rs M
2022
14,715,154
14,149,038
​​​​​​​
Portfolio investment
Rs M
2022
7,802,773
7,855,910
​ 
​Equity securities
Rs M
2022
6,746,336
7,043,311
 
​Debt securities
Rs M
2022
1,056,436
812,599
 
​Financial derivatives
Rs M
2022
160,585
159,429
 
Other investment
Rs M
2022
2,713,679
2,575,382
 
​Reserve assets
Rs M
2022
342,210
372,697
 
Liabilities
Rs M
2022
24,302,839
23,293,494
 
Direct investment
Rs M
2022
16,440,520
15,939,259
 
Portfolio investment
Rs M
2022
3,797,518
3,964,192
 
​Equity securities
Rs M
2022
3,344,334
3,604,196
 
​Debt securities
Rs M
2022
453,183
359,996
 
Financial derivatives
Rs M
2022
33,711
39,491
 
Other investment
Rs M
2022
4,031,091​
3,350,552
 
External Debt 
 
 
 
 
Historical Series​​ ​​​
​​Methodological Note
General Government
Rs M
Q3/23
79,517.8
83,873.8
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Short-term
Rs M
Q3/23
35.4
77.1

​​Money market instruments​
Rs M
Q3/23
35.4
77.1
 
​Loans
Rs M
Q3/23
 
 

​Trade credits
Rs M
Q3/23
 
 
 
​Other debt liabilities m/
Rs M
Q3/23
 
 
 
Long-term
Rs M
Q3/23
79,482.4 83,796.7
 
​Bonds and notes
Rs M
Q3/23
330.6 333.7  
​Loans (including EBU)
Rs M
Q3/23
65,504.0 69,189.0  
​Trade credits
Rs M
Q3/23
     
​Other debt liabilities m/
Rs M
Q3/23
13,647.8 14,274.0
 
Monetary Authorities
Rs M
Q3/23
63,007.0 63,191.4  
Short-term
Rs M
Q3/23
623.7 1,169.5  
​Money market instruments
Rs M
Q3/23
0.0 ​5.5  
​Loans
Rs M
Q3/23
​0.0 0.0
 
​Currency and deposits n/
Rs M
Q3/23
621.4 1,161.7
 
​Other debt liabilities m/
Rs M
Q3/23
2.4
2.4
 
Long-term
Rs M
Q3/23
62,383.3
62,021.9
 
​Bonds and notes
Rs M
Q3/23
0.0
0.0
 
​Loans
Rs M
Q3/23
62,383.3
62,021.9
 
​Currency and deposits n/
Rs M
Q3/23
 
 
 
​Other debt liabilities m/
Rs M​
Q3/23


 
Deposit Taking Institutions
Rs M
Q3/23
616,093.6
626,129.8
 
Short-term
Rs M
Q3/23
402,268.2
396,984.2
 
​Money market instruments
Rs M
Q3/23
18.6
      ​​ 27.9
 
​Loans
Rs M
Q3/23
 
 
 
​Currency and deposits n/
Rs M
Q3/23
394,295.3
386,400.6
 
​Other debt liabilities m/
Rs M
Q3/23
7,954.3
10,555.7
 
Long-term
Rs M
Q3/23
213,825.4​
229,145.7
 
​Bonds and notes
Rs M
Q3/23
31,996.7
34,271.6
 
​Loans
Rs M
Q3/23
150,980.1
165,792.1
 
​Currency and deposits n/
Rs M
Q3/23
30,848.6
29,082.0​
 
​Other debt liabilities m/
Rs M
Q3/23
​ 
 
 
Other Sectors o
Rs M
Q3/23
8,142,495.8
8,247,268.3
 
Short-term
Rs M
Q3/23
10,940.5
10,354.0
 
​Money market instruments
Rs M
Q3/23
 
 
 
​Loans
Rs M
Q3/23
294.2
​248.9
 
​Currency and deposits n/
Rs M
Q3/23
 
 
 
​Trade credits
Rs M
Q3/23
9,553.5
9,023.1
 
​Other debt liabilities m/
Rs M
Q3/23
1,092.7 
1,081.9 
 
Long-term
Rs M
Q3/23
8,131,555.4
8,236,914.4
 
​Bonds and notes
Rs M
Q3/23
458,136.2
477,205.9
 
​Loans (Public Enterprise and Private sector)
Rs M
Q3/23
2,585,865.9
2,599,882.5
 
​Currency and deposits n/
Rs M
Q3/23
 
 
 
​Trade credits
Rs M
Q3/23
 
 
 
Insurance, Pension, and Standardized guarantee schemes
​Rs M


​Q3/23

819.5 811.4
​Other debt liabilities m(Excluding EBU)
Rs M
Q3/23
1,086,649.5​
1,080,499.7
 
Direct Investment: Intercompany Lending


 
 
 
Debt liabilities to affiliated enterprises
Rs M
Q3/23
​4,000,084.3
​4,078,514.8
 
​​o/w Global Business
​          Rs M
Q3/23
3,980,070.1
4,058,543.2
​​​o/w Other​
​          Rs M          Q3/23
​20,014.2
​19,971.6
​​
Debt liabilities to direct investors
Rs M
Q3/23
 ​
 
 
Gross External Debt p/
Rs M
Q3/23
8,901,114.2​
9,020,463.3​
 
Exchange Rates
 
 
 
 
Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey
 
 
 
 
Coordinated Direct Investment Survey
 
 
 
 
Population
Individuals
2022

1,261,196

1,263,888

​Histor​​ical Series​​​​​​​​

a/ Growth rate refers to the corresponding period of the previous year.
b/ Statistical discrepancy included in “Changes in inventories”.
c/ Not calculated.
d/ As from June 2022, the index is calculated with 2018 as base year.​

e/ Employment consists of Mauritians aged 16 years and above who have worked for pay, profit or family gain for at least one hour during the reference week of a month.

f/ Unemployment rate refers to the ratio of the number of unemployed population to that of labour force who is made up of employed and unemployed population. The employed and unemployed population comprise all Mauritians aged 16+.
g/ The wage rate index has been rebased with fourth quarter 2021 as base.​
h/ The Consumer Price Index for April 2018 onwards is rebased on 2017 Household Budget Survey data.
iData are disseminated on a monthly basis as from August 2014. As from March 2022, the index is calculated with 2018 as base year.​
j/ Interest is on accrual basis.
k/ The Balance of Payments coverage has been extended to include cross border transactions of Global Business Companies (GBC1s) since January 2010. Revised figures for BOP for Q1 2014 to Q4 2017 in historical series.
l/ As from 2009, the coverage of IIP has been extended to include cross-border positions of GBC1s. Revised figures for IIP for end-Dec 2014 to end-Dec 2016 in historical series.
m/ Other debt liabilities are other liabilities in the IIP statement.
n/ It is recommended that all currency and deposits be included in the short-term category unless detailed information is available to make the short-term/long-term attribution.
o/ Include cross-border data of GBC1s, private external debt culled from International Transaction Reporting System and external debt of public enterprises.
p/ In line with the recommendation of IMF, the coverage of Gross External Debt has been extended. The cross border transactions of global business entities are being included as part of Gross External Debt since December 2009. To maintain consistency, as from December 2009, the external position of deposit taking institutions and monetary authorities are also included in the Gross External Debt.

Notes
1) For National Accounts, Production Index and Producer Price Index, the data have been compiled using National Standard Industrial classification (NSIC) Revision 2 based on the UN International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) of all economic activities, Rev. 4 of 2007, previous classifications used was NSIC Rev.1 based on ISIC, Rev. 3 of 1990.
​2) External Debt by maturity - Long-term includes IMF SDR allocations.
3) Data for Dec 2012 have been revised following recommendations made by the IMF multisector mission in Jan 2013. Central government (net): Liabilities to Central Government now includes deposits of budgetary central government, extra budgetary units and social security funds, as well as their holdings of Bank of Mauritius Securities.
4) As from 29 August 2014, 'General Government (net)' has been replaced by 'Central Government (net)' and 'Foreign position of other depository corporations (net)' has been replaced by 'Foreign position of depository corporations (net)'.

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