Economic and Financial Data for Mauritius
					Date of last update:13 May 2022

The data shown in this page correspond to the data described on the International Monetary Fund’s Dissemination 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 are not seasonally adjusted. Unless otherwise indicated, data are preliminary.]

REAL SECTOR

FISCAL SECTOR

FINANCIAL SECTOR

EXTERNAL SECTOR 

REAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations			More information
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Date of latest data	Latest data	Data for previous period	More information
National Accounts ¹⁾
GDP in current (market) prices by production approach	Rs M	Q4/21	138,553	119,516	More information
Primary Sector	Rs M	Q4/21	5,838	5,101	Historical series
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	Rs M	Q4/21	5,446	4,795
Mining and quarrying	Rs M	Q4/21	392	306
Secondary Sector	Rs M	Q4/21	26,827	24,261
Manufacturing	Rs M	Q4/21	17,266	15,708
Electricity , gas, steam and air conditioning supply	Rs M	Q4/21	1,771	1,487
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	Rs M	Q4/21	452	454
Construction	Rs M	Q4/21	7,338	6,612
Tertiary Sector	Rs M	Q4/21	89,775	77,984
Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	Rs M	Q4/21	15,900	13,167
Transportation and storage	Rs M	Q4/21	6,801	6,121
Accomodation and food service activites	Rs M	Q4/21	6,537	1,680
Information and communication	Rs M	Q4/21	5,395	5,080
Financial and insurance activities	Rs M	Q4/21	12,983	12,015
Real estate activities	Rs M	Q4/21	7,057	6,923
Professional, scientific and technical activities	Rs M	Q4/21	6,211	5,339
Administrative and support service activities	Rs M	Q4/21	3,393	3,103
Public administration and defence: compulsory social security	Rs M	Q4/21	7,656	7,511
Education	Rs M	Q4/21	5,470	5,467
Human health and social work activities	Rs M	Q4/21	6,004	5,936
Art , entertainment and recreation	Rs M	Q4/21	4,276	3,762
Other service activities	Rs M	Q4/21	2,093	1,880
FISIM
Taxes on products (net of subsidies)	Rs M	Q4/21	16,113	12,170
GDP volume^a^/ (at basic prices) by production approach	% (annual growth over corresponding quarter of previous year)	Q4/21	+7.2	+5.6
Primary Sector	%	Q4/21	+9.8	+10.2
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	%	Q4/21	+9.4	+10.5
Mining and quarrying	%	Q4/21	+22.4	+0.0
Secondary Sector	%	Q4/21	+1.0	+10.6
Manufacturing	%	Q4/21	-1.6	+10.4
Electricity , gas, steam and air conditioning supply	%	Q4/21	+1.1	+4.8
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	%	Q4/21	+3.4	+6.5
Construction	%	Q4/21	+9.1	+12.9
Tertiary Sector	%	Q4/21	+8.8	+4.5
Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	%	Q4/21	+2.7	+3.1
Transportation and storage	%	Q4/21	+1.7	+0.6
Accomodation and food service activities	%	Q4/21	+157.1	+103.9
Information and communication	%	Q4/21	+7.3	+7.2
Financial and insurance activities	%	Q4/21	+5.7	+4.5
Real estate activities	%	Q4/21	+2.6	+1.8
Professional, scientific and technical activities	%	Q4/21	+4.6	+1.6
Administrative and support service activities	%	Q4/21	+3.8	+1.8
Public administration and defence: compulsory social security	%	Q4/21	-3.4	-3.8
Education	%	Q4/21	-0.2	-1.1
Human health and social work activities	%	Q4/21	+6.8	+8.5
Art , entertainment and recreation	%	Q4/21	+10.9	+6.0
Other service activities	%	Q4/21	+14.1	+11.3
Taxes on products (net of subsidies)	%	Q4/21	-1.3	-3.9
GDP volume^a^/ (at market prices) by production approach	% (annual growth over corresponding quarter of previous year)	Q4/21	+6.2	+4.6
GDP in current market prices by expenditure approach	Rs M	Q4/21	138,553	119,516
Household consumption expenditure	Rs M	Q4/21	106,510	89,975
Government consumption expenditure	Rs M	Q4/21	21,356	19,935
Gross fixed capital formation	Rs M	Q4/21	27,799	26,158
Changes in inventories	Rs M	Q4/21	-574	-534
Exports of goods and services	Rs M	Q4/21	48,912	35,058
Imports of goods and services	Rs M	Q4/21	81,674	66,110
Statistical discrepancy ^b/.	Rs M	Q4/21	16,224	15,034
GDP volume^a^/by expenditure approach	% (annual growth over corresponding quarter of previous year)	Q4/21	+6.2	+4.6
Household consumption expenditure	%	Q4/21	+2.2	+1.5
Government consumption expenditure	%	Q4/21	-1.1	+2.5
Gross fixed capital formation	%	Q4/21	+1.1	+6.3
Changes in inventories^c^/	%
Exports of goods and services	%	Q4/21	+54.6	+5.8
Imports of goods and services	%	Q4/21	+11.1	+5.9
Statistical discrepancy^c^/.
Production Index (Quarterly Index of Industrial Production) ^d/	Base: year 2013=100	Q4/21	106.2	97.5	More Information
	Base: year 2013=100	Q4/21	106.2	97.5	Historical Series
Labour market
Employment ^e/	In thousands	Q4/21	509.9	476.1	More Information
Employment ^e/	In thousands	Q4/21	509.9	476.1	Historical Series
Unemployment ^f/	In thousands	Q4/21	44.9	49.8	More Information
Unemployment ^f/	In thousands	Q4/21	44.9	49.8	Historical Series
Wages/Earnings ^g/	(Base: Fourth Quarter 2016=100)	Q4/21	121.0	117.6	More Information
Wages/Earnings ^g/	(Base: Fourth Quarter 2016=100)	Q4/21	121.0	117.6	Historical series
Price Indices
Consumer Price Index ^h/	(Base:Jan-Dec 2017=100)	Apr/22	121.0	120.1	More Information
Consumer Price Index ^h/	(Base:Jan-Dec 2017=100)	Apr/22	121.0	120.1	Historical Series
Producer Price Index-Manufacturing ^d/	Base :year 2013=100	Mar/22	134.2	132.4	More Information Historical series

FISCAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations			More information
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Date of latest data	Latest data	Data for previous period	More information
General Government Operations (GFS2001)
Revenue	Rs M	2020/21	103,592	114,186	More Information
Expense	Rs M	2020/21	161,954	140,657	Historical series
Gross Operating Balance	Rs M	2020/21	-58,362	-26,471
Net Acquisition of nonfinancial assets	Rs M	2020/21	9,644	9,732
Net lending/borrowing	Rs M	2020/21	-68,006	-36,203
Central Government Operations Statement of Budgetary Central Government Operations(GFS2001)
Revenue	Rs M	Mar/22	10,042	7,616	Historical Series
Taxes	Rs M	Mar/22	8,623	6,574
Social Contributions	Rs M	Mar/22	808	810
Grants	Rs M	Mar/22	-	12
Other Revenue	Rs M	Mar/22	611	220
Expense	Rs M	Mar/22	11,622	12,103
Of which: interest ^i/	Rs M	Mar/22	1,241	958
Gross Operating Balance	Rs M	Mar/22	-1,580	-4,488
Net Acquisition of Nonfinancial Assets	Rs M	Mar/22	864	484
Net Lending (+) /Borrowing (-)	Rs M	Mar/22	-2,444	-4,971
Net Acquisition of Financial Assets	Rs M	Mar/22	462	180
Domestic	Rs M	Mar/22	462	180
Foreign	Rs M	Mar/22	-	-
SDR	Rs M	Mar/22	-	-
Net Incurrence of Liabilities	Rs M	Mar/22	2,906	5,151
Domestic	Rs M	Mar/22	3,880	5,463
Monetary Authority	Rs M	Mar/22	84	75
Banks	Rs M	Mar/22	7,202	7,011
Non-Bank	Rs M	Mar/22	4,793	-1,186
Other	Rs M	Mar/22	-8,198	-437
Foreign	Rs M	Mar/22	-974	-312
Memorandum Item: Total Expenditure	Rs M	Mar/22	12,486	12,587
Central Government Debt
Total gross outstanding debt	Rs M	Q1/22	391,330	384,694	Historical series
Domestic debt by maturity	Rs M	Q1/22	311,175	303,151
Long-term	Rs M	Q1/22	222,297	219,421
Medium-term	Rs M	Q1/22	54,630	51,330
Short-term	Rs M	Q1/22	34,248	32,400
External debt by maturity	Rs M	Q1/22	80,023	81,410
Long-term**	Rs M	Q1/22	79,996	81,378
Medium-term	Rs M	Q1/22	0.0	0.0
Short-term	Rs M	Q1/22	27.5	31.5
Debt guaranteed by the central government	Rs M	Q1/22	24	24
Domestic Extra Budgetary Units	Rs M	Q1/22	24	24
Foreign Extra Budgetary Units	Rs M	Q1/22	0	0
Non-guaranteed Debt of Extra Budgetary Units	Rs M	Q1/22	108	109
Domestic	Rs M	Q1/22	108	109

FINANCIAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations			More information
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Date of latest data	Latest data	Data for previous period	More information
Depository Corporations Survey
Broad Money Liabilities (M3)	Rs M	Mar/22	775,331	768,035	Historical Series
Narrow money Liabilities (or M1)	Rs M	Mar/22	n.a	n.a
Quasi-Money Liabilities	Rs M	Mar/22	n.a	n.a
Securities other than shares included in Broad Money	Rs M	Mar/22	15,189	15,413
Domestic credit	Rs M	Mar/22	731,238	718,206
Central government (net) ⁴⁾	Rs M	Mar/22	119,473	110,563
Public nonfinancial corporations	Rs M	Mar/22	7,301	5,311
Private nonfinancial sector	Rs M	Mar/22	420,785	417,220
Households	Rs M	Mar/22	178,719	178,239
Corporations	Rs M	Mar/22	242,066	238,981
Other (public and private) financial corporations (net)	Rs M	Mar/22	183,679	185,112
Foreign position of depository corporations (net) ⁴⁾	Rs M	Mar/22	869,095	857,569
Other items (net)	Rs M	Mar/22	-825,003	-807,739

Central Bank Survey ³⁾
Monetary base	Rs M	Apr/22	215,684	248,164	Historical Series
Domestic credit	Rs M	Apr/22	56,097	53,623
Central government (net)	Rs M	Apr/22	-33,834	-36,581
Public nonfinancial corporations	Rs M	Apr/22	0	0
Private sector	Rs M	Apr/22	89,931	90,204
Claims on private nonfinancial corporations	Rs M	Apr/22	0	0
Claims on other depository corporations	Rs M	Apr/22	63	366
Other claims	Rs M	Apr/22	89,868	89,837
Net foreign position of the central bank	Rs M	Apr/22	263,897	320,279
Other items (net)	Rs M	Apr/22	-104,310	-125,738
Interest Rates					Bank Rate
					Repo Rate
					Principal Interest Rates Historical series
Government securities		D
Base interest rate		D
Inter-bank rates		D
Financial Soundness Indicators					FSI
Stock Market: Share Price Index		D			Stock Exchange

EXTERNAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations			More information
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Date of latest data	Latest data	Data for previous period	More information
Balance of Payments ^j/
Current account	Rs M	Q4/21	-21,732	-13,500	Historical Series
Exports of goods and services	Rs M	Q4/21	47,038	33,161	Methodological Note
Imports of goods and services	Rs M	Q4/21	80,819	65,096	BPM6_Information Note
Net primary income	Rs M	Q4/21	16,529	21,945
Net secondary income	Rs M	Q4/21	-4,480	-3,510
Capital account	Rs M	Q4/21	0	0
Financial account	Rs M	Q4/21	-23,330	-11,917
Inward direct investment	Rs M	Q4/21	120,487	108,866
Outward direct investment	Rs M	Q4/21	91,267	64,121
Portfolio investment assets	Rs M	Q4/21	5,708	56,040
Portfolio investment liabilities	Rs M	Q4/21	11,814	10,431
Net financial derivatives	Rs M	Q4/21	-1,026	2,526
Other investment assets	Rs M	Q4/21	-8,973	-10,639
Other investments liabilities	Rs M	Q4/21	3,507	29,884
Reserve assets	Rs M	Q4/21	25,502	25,216
Net errors and omissions	Rs M	Q4/21	-1,598	1,583
International Reserves (Official Reserve Assets)³⁾
Foreign currency reserves	Rs M	Apr/22	314,448	361,709	Historical Series
IMF reserve position	Rs M	Apr/22	2,326	2,463
SDRs	Rs M	Apr/22	13,114	13,941
Gold	Rs M	Apr/22	33,094	34,249
Other reserve assets	Rs M	Apr/22	265,914	311,056
Data Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity	Rs M	Mar/22	361,708	341,058
	Rs M	Mar/22	361,708	341,058	Historical Series
Merchandise Trade (Foreign Trade)					More Information
Trade balance	Rs M	Feb/22	-10,880	-12,613
Total merchandise exports (f.o.b.)	Rs M	Feb/22	6,383	6,655	Historical Series
Total merchandise imports (c.i.f.)	Rs M	Feb/22	17,263	19,268
International Investment Position ^k/			703,130	992,219
Assets	Rs M	2020	19,464,708	17,316,177
Direct investment abroad	Rs M	2020	11,398,119	9,947,461	Historical Series
Portfolio investment	Rs M	2020	5,384,278	4,756,630
Equity securities	Rs M	2020	4,793,559	4,253,072
Debt securities	Rs M	2020	590,719	503,558
Financial derivatives	Rs M	2020	119,187	117,292
Other investment	Rs M	2020	2,274,883	2,225,300
Reserve assets	Rs M	2020	288,240	269,494
Liabilities	Rs M	2020	18,761,578	16,323,958
Direct investment	Rs M	2020	13,277,315	11,816,540
Portfolio investment	Rs M	2020	2,016,865	1,153,758
Equity securities	Rs M	2020	1,480,295	733,270
Debt securities	Rs M	2020	536,570	420,488
Financial derivatives	Rs M	2020	46,359	30,543
Other investment	Rs M	2020	3,421,040	3,323,117
External Debt
General Government	Rs M	Q1/22	80,023.3	81,409.8	Historical series
Short-term	Rs M	Q1/22	27.5	31.5	Methodological Note
Money market instruments	Rs M	Q1/22	27.5	31.5
Loans	Rs M	Q1/22
Trade credits	Rs M	Q1/22
Other debt liabilities ^l/	Rs M	Q1/22
Long-term	Rs M	Q1/22	79,995.9	81,378.4
Bonds and notes	Rs M	Q1/22	12,756.9	13,067.9
Loans (including EBU)	Rs M	Q1/22	61,282.0	62,408.5
Trade credits	Rs M	Q1/22
Other debt liabilities ^l/	Rs M	Q1/22	5,957.0	5,902.0
Monetary Authorities	Rs M	Q1/22	40,947.5	35,321.5
Short-term	Rs M	Q1/22	907.0	492.6
Money market instruments	Rs M	Q1/22	24.4	44.3
Loans	Rs M	Q1/22	0.0	0.0
Currency and deposits ^m/	Rs M	Q1/22	880.4	446.1
Other debt liabilities ^l/	Rs M	Q1/22	2.3	2.3
Long-term	Rs M	Q1/22	40,040.4	34,828.9
Bonds and notes	Rs M	Q1/22	4.9	5.4
Loans	Rs M	Q1/22	40,035.5	34,823.5
Currency and deposits ^m/	Rs M	Q1/22
Other debt liabilities ^l/	Rs M	Q1/22
Deposit Taking Institutions	Rs M	Q1/22	524,346.2	461,895.1
Short-term	Rs M	Q1/22	363,122.1	314,852.8
Money market instruments	Rs M	Q1/22	0.0	19.9
Loans	Rs M	Q1/22
Currency and deposits ^m/	Rs M	Q1/22	357,796.9	310,053.3
Other debt liabilities ^l/	Rs M	Q1/22	5,325.1	4,779.6
Long-term	Rs M	Q1/22	161,224.1	147,042.4
Bonds and notes	Rs M	Q1/22	14,626.2	14,605.1
Loans	Rs M	Q1/22	125,051.6	115,771.3
Currency and deposits ^m/	Rs M	Q1/22	21,546.2	16,666.0
Other debt liabilities ^l/	Rs M	Q1/22
Other Sectors ^n/	Rs M	Q1/22	9,286,208.9	9,323,632.9
Short-term	Rs M	Q1/22	7,709.5	7,316.9
Money market instruments	Rs M	Q1/22
Loans	Rs M	Q1/22	339.6	297.8
Currency and deposits ^m/	Rs M	Q1/22
Trade credits	Rs M	Q1/22	7,369.9	7,019.1
Other debt liabilities ^l/	Rs M	Q1/22
Long-term	Rs M	Q1/22	9,278,499.4	9,316,315.9
Bonds and notes	Rs M	Q1/22	578,794.3	591,932.5
Loans (Public Enterprise and Private sector)	Rs M	Q1/22	2,024,708.7	2,025,371.4
Currency and deposits ^m/	Rs M	Q1/22
Trade credits	Rs M	Q1/22
Other debt liabilities ^l/(Excluding EBU)	Rs M	Q1/22	1,259,465.6	1,263,405.6
Direct Investment: Intercompany Lending
Debt liabilities to affiliated enterprises	Rs M	Q1/22	5,415,530.8	5,435,606.4
o/w Global Business	Rs M	Q1/22	5,398,034.9	5,418,213.9
o/w Other	Rs M	Q1/22	17,495.9	17,392.5
Debt liabilities to direct investors	Rs M	Q1/22
Gross External Debt ^o^/	Rs M	Q1/22	9,931,525.8	9,902,259.4
Exchange Rates					Exchange Rates
Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey					CPIS
Coordinated Direct Investment Survey					CDIS
Population	Individuals	2021	1,263,888	1,266,030	More Information
Population	Individuals	2021	1,263,888	1,266,030	Historical 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/ Data are disseminated on a monthly basis as from August 2014. As from May 2016 the index is calculated with 2013 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 2016 as base.

^h/ The Consumer Price Index for April 2018 onwards is rebased on 2017 Household Budget Survey data.

^i/ Interest is on accrual basis

^j/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 Q12014 to Q4 2017 in historical series.

^k/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.

^l/Other debt liabilities are other liabilities in the IIP statement.

^m/ 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.

^n/ Include cross-border data of GBC1s, private external debt culled from International Transaction Reporting System and external debt of public enterprises

o/ 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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