Social and Economic Indicators
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Key
Excluding Agalega and
St Brandon
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ECONOMIC INDICATORS
General economic indicators
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2.3
5.1
5.52
5.02
2.74
GDP (at market prices),* 5 calendar year
(Rs million)
185,348
206,328
235,5202
265,1992
277,2854
Gross national
income (GNI) (at market
prices)* 5, calendar year (Rs million)
185,109
207,961
242,543
270,099
278,4854
GNI per capita (at market prices),* 5
calendar year (Rs)
148,857
165,972
192,3892
212,7012
218,0694
Inflation rate*, fiscal year ended June
(per cent)
5.6
5.1
10.7
8.8
6.9
Inflation rate*, calendar year (per cent)
4.9
8.9
8.8
9.7
n.a.
Unemployment rate,* calendar year
(per cent)
9.6
9.1
8.5
7.2
8.14
Current account balance,
fiscal year ended June (Rs million)
-6,321
-10,188
-17,415
-22,2323
-25,4513
Current account balance, calendar year
(Rs million)
-9,570
-19,399
-13,248
-27,6333
n.a.
Overall balance of payments6, fiscal year
ended June (Rs million)
-3,133
-3,019
6,603
9,110
2,4844
Overall balance of payments6, calendar
year (Rs million)
-4,888
-4,573
13,880
4,624
n.a.
Net international reserves9, end June
(Rs million)
65,805
64,740
83,499
83,946
97,802
Total imports (cif),* 7 fiscal year ended June
(Rs million)
84,324
101,148
117,797
130,6712
123,3423
Total exports (free on board, or fob),* 7
fiscal year ended June (Rs million)
57,857
64,082
72,840
67,6732
66,8893
Government recurrent revenue,** @ fiscal
year ended June (Rs million)
35,192
38,509
41,818
52,744
62,2162
Government recurrent expenditure,** @
fiscal year ended June (Rs million)
38,042
41,915
44,122
48,423
64,8232
-5
-5.3
-4.3
-3.3
-3.02
External debt: central government,** 8
end June (Rs million)
9,232
8,535
13,452
12,451
17,666
Foreign Direct Investment in Mauritius,****
calendar year (Rs million)
2,807
7,222
11,514
11,419
8,942
Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth
rate,* 5 calendar year (per cent)
8
Ratio of budget
deficit to GDP at market
prices,** @ fiscal year ended June (per cent)
Data derived from the Continuous Multi-Purpose
Household Survey.
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2
Revised
9
Prior to June 2005, include the net foreign assets of 11
former category 1 banks. With effect from June 2005,
include the net foreign assets of banks, adjusted for
transactions of global business licence (GBL) holders.
3
Provisional
@ As from fiscal year 2008-09, the figures have been
compiled using the IMF’s GFS Manual 2001.
4
Forecast
^ Data is based on the methodology of the IMF’s
Depository Corporations Survey framework.
5
The national accounts
data are based on the
2002 Census of Economic
Activities.
n.a. not available
6
Valuation changes are
excluded from reserve
assets transactions.
* Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Government of
Mauritius.
Data on imports
and exports include
transactions through the
Mauritius Freeport.
** Source: Ministry of Finance and Economic
Empowerment (MOFEE).
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*** Source: Ministry of Tourism, Leisure and External
Communications.
**** Source: Tableau de Bord, CSO of Government of
Mauritius. Dashboard. http://www.gov.mu/potal/site/
cso. Accessed 13 Nov 2009 for FDI data for 2005 and 20
May 2010 for FDI data for 2006-2009.
Source: Bank of Mauritius (BoM), Statistics Division. http://bom.intnet.mu: Selected Economic Indicators.
Date of Publication 21 December 2009. Accessed 20 May 2010.
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