upper middle-income Indian Ocean island economy; diversified portfolio; investing in maritime security; strong tourism sector decimated by COVID-19; expanding in information and financial services; environmentally fragile
$26.547 billion (2021 est.)
$25.599 billion (2020 est.)
$29.974 billion (2019 est.)
note: data are in 2017 dollars
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3.7% (2021 est.)
-14.6% (2020 est.)
2.89% (2019 est.)
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$21,000 (2021 est.)
$20,200 (2020 est.)
$23,700 (2019 est.)
note: data are in 2017 dollars
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$14.004 billion (2019 est.)
4.03% (2021 est.)
2.58% (2020 est.)
0.41% (2019 est.)
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Moody's rating: Baa1 (2012)
note: The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained.
agriculture: 4% (2017 est.)
industry: 21.8% (2017 est.)
services: 74.1% (2017 est.)
household consumption: 81% (2017 est.)
government consumption: 15.1% (2017 est.)
investment in fixed capital: 17.3% (2017 est.)
investment in inventories: -0.4% (2017 est.)
exports of goods and services: 42.1% (2017 est.)
imports of goods and services: -55.1% (2017 est.)
sugar cane, poultry, pumpkins, gourds, potatoes, eggs, tomatoes, pineapples, bananas, fruit
food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles, clothing, mining, chemicals, metal products, transport equipment, nonelectrical machinery, tourism
20.88% (2021 est.)
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597,900 (2021 est.)
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agriculture: 8%
industry: 29.8%
services: 62.2% (2014 est.)
7.41% (2021 est.)
7.41% (2020 est.)
6.33% (2019 est.)
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total: 25.3%
male: 19.7%
female: 32.9% (2021 est.)
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10.3% (2017 est.)
36.8 (2017 est.)
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lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
revenues: $2.461 billion (2020 est.)
expenditures: $3.675 billion (2020 est.)
-0.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
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57.96% of GDP (2019 est.)
55.38% of GDP (2018 est.)
56.16% of GDP (2017 est.)
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20.72% (of GDP) (2020 est.)
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1 July - 30 June
-$1.527 billion (2021 est.)
-$1.003 billion (2020 est.)
-$718.495 million (2019 est.)
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$3.198 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$3.088 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$5.258 billion (2019 est.)
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France 10%, South Africa 10%, United States 10%, United Kingdom 8%, Zambia 7%, Madagascar 6% (2019)
clothing and apparel, skipjack and tuna, raw sugar, fertilizers, diamonds (2021)
$6.082 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$5.222 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$7.365 billion (2019 est.)
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China 15%, India 13%, France 10%, South Africa 8%, United Arab Emirates 7% (2019)
refined petroleum, cars, fish products, aircraft, packaged medicines (2019)
$8.563 billion (31 December 2021 est.)
$7.291 billion (31 December 2020 est.)
$7.362 billion (31 December 2019 est.)
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$226.799 billion (2019 est.)
$232.17 billion (2018 est.)
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Mauritian rupees (MUR) per US dollar -
41.692 (2021 est.)
39.347 (2020 est.)
35.474 (2019 est.)
33.934 (2018 est.)
34.481 (2017 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Mauritius on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mauritius 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritius 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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