Economic and Financial Data for Mauritius
					Date of last update:20 September 2021

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	Q1/21	106,591	121,144	More information
Primary Sector	Rs M	Q1/21	3,869	4,897	Historical series
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	Rs M	Q1/21	3,654	4,583
Mining and quarrying	Rs M	Q1/21	215	314
Secondary Sector	Rs M	Q1/21	16,825	23,401
Manufacturing	Rs M	Q1/21	9,780	15,375
Electricity , gas, steam and air conditioning supply	Rs M	Q1/21	1,752	1,606
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	Rs M	Q1/21	414	407
Construction	Rs M	Q1/21	4,879	6,014
Tertiary Sector	Rs M	Q1/21	74,194	78,988
Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	Rs M	Q1/21	12,097	14,600
Transportation and storage	Rs M	Q1/21	5,649	6,065
Accomodation and food service activites	Rs M	Q1/21	1,403	2,241
Information and communication	Rs M	Q1/21	5,014	5,002
Financial and insurance activities	Rs M	Q1/21	13,249	12,356
Real estate activities	Rs M	Q1/21	6,534	6,763
Professional, scientific and technical activities	Rs M	Q1/21	5,709	5,592
Administrative and support service activities	Rs M	Q1/21	3,511	3,080
Public administration and defence: compulsory social security	Rs M	Q1/21	7,080	7,287
Education	Rs M	Q1/21	4,901	5,277
Human health and social work activities	Rs M	Q1/21	5,110	5,298
Art , entertainment and recreation	Rs M	Q1/21	2,741	3,718
Other service activities	Rs M	Q1/21	1,197	1,708
FISIM
Taxes on products (net of subsidies)	Rs M	Q1/21	11,702	13,857
GDP volume^a^/ (at basic prices) by production approach	% (annual growth over corresponding quarter of previous year)	Q1/21	-8.4	-11.1
Primary Sector	%	Q1/21	10.8	-3.2
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	%	Q1/21	11.3	-3.1
Mining and quarrying	%	Q1/21	-0.6	-5.7
Secondary Sector	%	Q1/21	-4.3	-9.5
Manufacturing	%	Q1/21	-5.6	-11.3
Electricity , gas, steam and air conditioning supply	%	Q1/21	-9.2	-15.0
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	%	Q1/21	-0.2	-1.3
Construction	%	Q1/21	0.6	-2.2
Tertiary Sector	%	Q1/21	-9.9	-12.0
Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	%	Q1/21	1.9	-7.7
Transportation and storage	%	Q1/21	-19.1	-19.8
Accomodation and food service activities	%	Q1/21	-82.0	-74.7
Information and communication	%	Q1/21	5.8	5.8
Financial and insurance activities	%	Q1/21	2.3	0.9
Real estate activities	%	Q1/21	2.0	1.4
Professional, scientific and technical activities	%	Q1/21	0.7	-4.1
Administrative and support service activities	%	Q1/21	1.2	-20.8
Public administration and defence: compulsory social security	%	Q1/21	4.3	-2.1
Education	%	Q1/21	-5.2	-1.0
Human health and social work activities	%	Q1/21	-2.9	1.8
Art , entertainment and recreation	%	Q1/21	-29.8	-17.1
Other service activities	%	Q1/21	-21.6	-14.7
Taxes on products (net of subsidies)	%	Q1/21	-10.9	-12.6
GDP volume^a^/ (at market prices) by production approach	% (annual growth over corresponding quarter of previous year)	Q1/21	-8.7	-11.3
GDP in current market prices by expenditure approach	Rs M	Q1/21	106,591	121,144
Household consumption expenditure	Rs M	Q1/21	81,152	98,520
Government consumption expenditure	Rs M	Q1/21	18,575	20,097
Gross fixed capital formation	Rs M	Q1/21	22,081	24,970
Changes in inventories	Rs M	Q1/21	-380	222
Exports of goods and services	Rs M	Q1/21	28,325	30,387
Imports of goods and services	Rs M	Q1/21	53,781	56,954
Statistical discrepancy ^b/.	Rs M	Q1/21	10,619	3,902
GDP volume^a^/by expenditure approach	% (annual growth over corresponding quarter of previous year)	Q1/21	-8.7	-11.3
Household consumption expenditure	%	Q1/21	-4.2	-9.6
Government consumption expenditure	%	Q1/21	-4.0	-0.8
Gross fixed capital formation	%	Q1/21	-5.5	-9.1
Changes in inventories^c^/	%
Exports of goods and services	%	Q1/21	-10.6	-42.4
Imports of goods and services	%	Q1/21	11.1	-28.0
Statistical discrepancy^c^/.
Production Index (Quarterly Index of Industrial Production) ^d/	Base: year 2013=100	Q1/21	91.4	106.9	More Information
	Base: year 2013=100	Q1/21	91.4	106.9	Historical Series
Labour market
Employment ^e/	In thousands	Q1/21	481.9	523.7	More Information Employment data for Q1 21 due on 30 June 2021 postponed because of delay in the processing of the data. Data was released on 14 July 2021.
Employment ^e/	In thousands	Q1/21	481.9	523.7	Historical Series
Unemployment ^f/	In thousands	Q1/21	52.5	61.0	More Information Unemployment data for Q1 21 due on 30 June 2021 postponed because of delay in the processing of the data. Data was released on 14 July 2021.
Unemployment ^f/	In thousands	Q1/21	52.5	61.0	Historical Series
Wages/Earnings ^g/	(Base: Fourth Quarter 2016=100)	Q1/21	114.4	114.6	Historical series
Price Indices
Consumer Price Index ^h/	(Base:Jan-Dec 2017=100)	Aug/21	111.6	111.7	More Information
Consumer Price Index ^h/	(Base:Jan-Dec 2017=100)	Aug/21	111.6	111.7	Historical Series
Producer Price Index-Manufacturing ^d/	Base :year 2013=100	Jul/21	125.9	122.1	More Information
Producer Price Index-Manufacturing ^d/	Base :year 2013=100	Jul/21	125.9	122.1	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	2019/20	115,321	117,423	More Information
Expense	Rs M	2019/20	140,250	115,532	Historical series
Gross Operating Balance	Rs M	2019/20	-24,929	1,891
Net Acquisition of nonfinancial assets	Rs M	2019/20	12,169	12,970
Net lending/borrowing	Rs M	2019/20	-37,098	-11,079
Central Government Operations Statement of Budgetary Central Government Operations(GFS2001)
Revenue	Rs M	Jul/21	6,886	15,844	Historical Series
Taxes	Rs M	Jul/21	4,716	14,464
Social Contributions	Rs M	Jul/21	536	808
Grants	Rs M	Jul/21	1,092	317
Other Revenue	Rs M	Jul/21	542	255
Expense	Rs M	Jul/21	10,007	38,558
Of which: interest ^i/	Rs M	Jul/21	1,097	1,012
Gross Operating Balance	Rs M	Jul/21	-3,120	-22,714
Net Acquisition of Nonfinancial Assets	Rs M	Jul/21	471	1,958
Net Lending (+) /Borrowing (-)	Rs M	Jul/21	-3,591	-24,672
Net Acquisition of Financial Assets	Rs M	Jul/21	16	1,555
Domestic	Rs M	Jul/21	16	1,435
Foreign	Rs M	Jul/21	-	120
SDR	Rs M	Jul/21	-	-
Net Incurrence of Liabilities	Rs M	Jul/21	3,607	26,227
Domestic	Rs M	Jul/21	2,539	27,036
Monetary Authority	Rs M	Jul/21	10	-212
Banks	Rs M	Jul/21	1,154	10,430
Non-Bank	Rs M	Jul/21	-4,832	452
Other	Rs M	Jul/21	6,208	16,366
Foreign	Rs M	Jul/21	1,067	-809
Memorandum Item: Total Expenditure	Rs M	Jul/21	10,477	40,516
Central Government Debt
Total gross outstanding debt	Rs M	Q2/21	392,883	359,742	Historical series
Domestic debt by maturity	Rs M	Q2/21	307,428	276,133
Long-term	Rs M	Q2/21	212,106	196,549
Medium-term	Rs M	Q2/21	57,159	50,652
Short-term	Rs M	Q2/21	38,163	28,932
External debt by maturity	Rs M	Q2/21	85,320	83,459
Long-term**	Rs M	Q2/21	85,298	83,434
Medium-term	Rs M	Q2/21	0	0
Short-term	Rs M	Q2/21	21.7	24.6
Debt guaranteed by the central government	Rs M	Q2/21	24	37
Domestic Extra Budgetary Units	Rs M	Q2/21	24	24
Foreign Extra Budgetary Units	Rs M	Q2/21	0	13
Non-guaranteed Debt of Extra Budgetary Units	Rs M	Q2/21	112	113
Domestic	Rs M	Q2/21	112	113

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	Jul/21	773,836	765,366	Historical Series
Narrow money Liabilities (or M1)	Rs M	Jul/21	n.a	n.a
Quasi-Money Liabilities	Rs M	Jul/21	n.a	n.a
Securities other than shares included in Broad Money	Rs M	Jul/21	12,246	12,654
Domestic credit	Rs M	Jul/21	715,774	697,523
Central government (net) ⁴⁾	Rs M	Jul/21	112,871	104,149
Public nonfinancial corporations	Rs M	Jul/21	4,518	3,305
Private nonfinancial sector	Rs M	Jul/21	417,948	412,782
Households	Rs M	Jul/21	168,954	167,666
Corporations	Rs M	Jul/21	248,995	245,115
Other (public and private) financial corporations (net)	Rs M	Jul/21	180,437	177,287
Foreign position of depository corporations (net) ⁴⁾	Rs M	Jul/21	806,245	821,955
Other items (net)	Rs M	Jul/21	-748,183	-754,112

Central Bank Survey ³⁾
Monetary base	Rs M	Aug/21	241,689	243,111	Historical Series
Domestic credit	Rs M	Aug/21	46,316	56,694
Central government (net)	Rs M	* Aug*/21	-41,795	-31,393
Public nonfinancial corporations	Rs M	Aug/21	0	0
Private sector	Rs M	Aug/21	88,111	88,087
Claims on private nonfinancial corporations	Rs M	Aug/21	0	0
Claims on other depository corporations	Rs M	Aug/21	29	30
Other claims	Rs M	Aug/21	88,082	88,057
Net foreign position of the central bank	Rs M	Aug/21	311,055	306,321
Other items (net)	Rs M	Aug/21	-115,683	-119,905
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	Q1/21	-17,200	-18,600	Historical Series
Exports of goods and services	Rs M	Q1/21	25,881	28,369	Methodological Note
Imports of goods and services	Rs M	Q1/21	52,214	56,061	BPM6_Information Note
Net primary income	Rs M	Q1/21	13,119	13,504
Net secondary income	Rs M	Q1/21	-3,986	-4,412
Capital account	Rs M	Q1/21	0	0
Financial account	Rs M	Q1/21	-18,998	-17,017
Inward direct investment	Rs M	Q1/21	83,721	90,274
Outward direct investment	Rs M	Q1/21	40,880	57,090
Portfolio investment assets	Rs M	Q1/21	49,536	50,563
Portfolio investment liabilities	Rs M	Q1/21	33,110	24,455
Net financial derivatives	Rs M	Q1/21	1,550	-1,115
Other investment assets	Rs M	Q1/21	68,377	-26,938
Other investments liabilities	Rs M	Q1/21	69,550	-22,482
Reserve assets	Rs M	Q1/21	7,040	-4,371
Net errors and omissions	Rs M	Q1/21	-1,798	1,583
International Reserves (Official Reserve Assets)³⁾
Foreign currency reserves	Rs M	Aug/21	320,279	311,266	Historical Series
IMF reserve position	Rs M	Aug/21	2,125	2,138
SDRs	Rs M	Aug/21	13,767	5,519
Gold	Rs M	Aug/21	31,038	31,349
Other reserve assets	Rs M	Aug/21	273,349	272,261
Data Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity	Rs M	Jul/21	311,266	309,918
	Rs M	Jul/21	311,266	309,918	Historical Series
Merchandise Trade (Foreign Trade)					More Information
Trade balance	Rs M	Jul/21	-10,551	-10,004
Total merchandise exports (f.o.b.)	Rs M	Jul/21	7,321	7,136	Historical Series
Total merchandise imports (c.i.f.)	Rs M	Jul/21	17,872	17,140
International Investment Position ^k/
Assets	Rs M	2019	17,316,176	16,333,168
Direct investment abroad	Rs M	2019	9,947,461	8,983,084	Historical Series
Portfolio investment	Rs M	2019	4,756,630	4,905,073
Equity securities	Rs M	2019	4,253,071	4,191,501
Debt securities	Rs M	2019	503,558	713,572
Financial derivatives	Rs M	2019	117,292	85,743
Other investment	Rs M	2019	2,225,300	2,141,683
Reserve assets	Rs M	2019	269,494	217,585
Liabilities	Rs M	2019	16,323,958	15,235,621
Direct investment	Rs M	2019	11,816,540	10,971,450
Portfolio investment	Rs M	2019	1,153,756	1,109,542
Equity securities	Rs M	2019	733,269	705,352
Debt securities	Rs M	2019	420,487	404,191
Financial derivatives	Rs M	2019	30,543	98,041
Other investment	Rs M	2019	3,323,118	3,056,587
External Debt
General Government	Rs M	Q2/21	85,319.6	83,471.9	Historical series
Short-term	Rs M	Q2/21	21.7	24.6	Methodological Note
Money market instruments	Rs M	Q2/21	21.7	24.6
Loans	Rs M	Q2/21
Trade credits	Rs M	Q2/21
Other debt liabilities ^l/	Rs M	Q2/21
Long-term	Rs M	Q2/21	85,297.9	83,447.3
Bonds and notes	Rs M	Q2/21	13,511.8	14,990.6
Loans (including EBU)	Rs M	Q2/21	65,897.7	62,878.7
Trade credits	Rs M	Q2/21
Other debt liabilities ^l/	Rs M	Q2/21	5,888.4	5,578.0
Monetary Authorities	Rs M	Q2/21	8,932.6	4,797.0
Short-term	Rs M	Q2/21	4,663.8	724.3
Money market instruments	Rs M	Q2/21	49.8	35.5
Loans	Rs M	Q2/21	4,263.3
Currency and deposits ^m/	Rs M	Q2/21	350.7	688.9
Other debt liabilities ^l/	Rs M	Q2/21
Long-term	Rs M	Q2/21	4,268.9	4,072.7
Bonds and notes	Rs M	Q2/21	5.7	5.7
Loans	Rs M	Q2/21	4,263.2	4067.0
Currency and deposits ^m/	Rs M	Q2/21
Other debt liabilities ^l/	Rs M	Q2/21
Deposit Taking Institutions	Rs M	Q2/21	464,303.0	413,588.5
Short-term	Rs M	Q2/21	314,317.9	263,726.9
Money market instruments	Rs M	Q2/21	31.0	17.3
Loans	Rs M	Q2/21
Currency and deposits ^m/	Rs M	Q2/21	308,935.9	255,918.7
Other debt liabilities ^l/	Rs M	Q2/21	5,351.0	7,790.9
Long-term	Rs M	Q2/21	149,985.1	149,861.6
Bonds and notes	Rs M	Q2/21	14,891.0	14,247.4
Loans	Rs M	Q2/21	116,989.4	117,660.5
Currency and deposits ^m/	Rs M	Q2/21	18,104.7	17,953.7
Other debt liabilities ^l/	Rs M	Q2/21
Other Sectors ^n/	Rs M	Q2/21	9,090,117.0	8,666,120.5
Short-term	Rs M	Q2/21	6,224.2	5,987.9
Money market instruments	Rs M	Q2/21
Loans	Rs M	Q2/21	239.0	189.5
Currency and deposits ^m/	Rs M	Q2/21
Trade credits	Rs M	Q2/21	5,985.2	5,798.4
Other debt liabilities ^l/	Rs M	Q2/21
Long-term	Rs M	Q2/21	9,083,892.8	8,660,132.6
Bonds and notes	Rs M	Q2/21	479,346.5	450,813.8
Loans (Public Enterprise and Private sector)	Rs M	Q2/21	2,033,298.8	1,948,948.2
Currency and deposits ^m/	Rs M	Q2/21
Trade credits	Rs M	Q2/21
Other debt liabilities ^l/(Excluding EBU)	Rs M	Q2/21	1,433,764.6	1,362,398.1
Direct Investment: Intercompany Lending
Debt liabilities to affiliated enterprises	Rs M	Q2/21	5,137,483.0	4,897,972.4
o/w Global Business	Rs M	Q2/21	5,123,204.8	4,883,870.7
o/w Other	Rs M	Q2/21	14,278.2	14,101.7
Debt liabilities to direct investors	Rs M	Q2/21
Gross External Debt ^o^/	Rs M	Q2/21	9,648,672.1	9,167,977.8
Exchange Rates					Exchange Rates
Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey					CPIS
Coordinated Direct Investment Survey					CDIS
Population	Individuals	2020	1,266,030	1,265,475	More Information
Population	Individuals	2020	1,266,030	1,265,475	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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