Mauritius Mauritius

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Mauritius, is a country located at Eastern Africa, it has an area of 2,040 Km2 so it is one of the smallest countries in the world.

Mauritius, with a population of 1,264,000 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a high population density, with 620 people per km2.

It's capital is Port Louis and its currency is Mauritian rupees

Mauritius is holding the 141 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 11,036 millions of euros (11,631 millions of dollars), ( 83.09% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €8,731 euros per inhabitant$9,201 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Mauritius, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.802 points in 2021, leaving it in 64th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Mauritius are business, you must know it's in the 13th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Mauritius, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Port Louis: Monthly Temp.
Port Louis: Monthly Rainfall
Mauritius Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€12,239M
Annual GDP [+]2022$12,898M
GDP per capita [+]2022€9,682
GDP per capita [+]2022$10,204
Debt (M.€.) [+]202211,036
Debt ($M) [+]202211,631
Debt (%GDP) [+]202283.09%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€8,731
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$9,201
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-428
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-451
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-3.23%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20223,576.3
Expenditure ($M) [+]20223,768.9
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2020460.3
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2020525.4
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202016.12%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2017297.7
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017336.2
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20179.97%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202220.4
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202221.5
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20220.59%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202226.93%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€2,829
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$2,982
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€364
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$415
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€228
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$257
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€16
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$17
Moody's Rating [+]07/28/2022Baa3
S&P Rating [+]07/21/2023BBB-
Corruption Index [+]202250
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201952º
Fragile States Index [+]201840.5
Innovation Ranking [+]201875º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2022Q44.5%
Unemployed [+]2022Q425K
NMW [+]2022$239.4
NMW [+]2022€214.4
Human Capital Ranking [+]201774º
Markets
Euro / Mauritian rupees [+]03/18/202450.3572
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/18/202446.2332
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/15/20240.60%
Business
Doing Business [+]202013º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20197,722
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20198.25
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015187.53
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202120.0%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200615.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202015.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20191,383,488
Exports [+]2021€1,660.8M
Exports [+]2021$1,964.2M
Exports % GDP [+]202117.13%
Imports [+]2021€4,347.7M
Imports [+]2021$5,142.0M
Imports % GDP [+]202144.84%
Trade balance [+]2021€-2,686.9M
Trade balance [+]2021$-3,177.8M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-27.71%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201542º
Density [+]2021620
Global Peace Ranking [+]202323º
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017262.1
% Immigrant [+]20202.28%
% Emigrant [+]202014.45%
Birth Rate [+]202110.30‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017225.1
Crude death rate [+]202110.50‰
Fertility Rate [+]20211.41
% risk of poverty [+]201710.3%
Population [+]20211,264,000
Immigrant stock [+]202028,893
Emigrant stock [+]2020182,973
HDI [+]20210.802
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202398º
Life expectancy [+]202173.68
Suicides [+]2015119
Suicide rate [+]20159.41
Number of homicides [+]202229
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20222.23
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20213.24
Consumption GWh [+]20212,743
Generation GWh [+]20212,886
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/20241,070
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/2024327,256
Fully vaccinated [+]07/30/20231,088,142
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/2024846.52
Doses administered [+]07/30/20232,616,012