Type: Parliamentary democracy
Capital: Port-Louis
Names: Conventional long form: Republic of Mauritius
Conventional short form: Mauritius
Administrative divisions: 9 districts and 3 dependencies*; Agalega
Islands*, Black River, Cargados Carajos*, Flacq, Grand Port, Moka, Pamplemousses,
Plaines Wilhems, Port-Louis, Riviere du Rempart, Rodrigues*, Savanne
Independence: 12 March 1968 (from UK) National holiday: Independence
Day, 12 March 1968
Since independence in 1968, Mauritius has developed from a low income, agriculturally based economy to middle income diversified economy with growing industrial and tourist sectors. Sugarcane is grown on about 80% of the cultivated land area and account for 45% of export earnings.
NATIONAL PRODUCT: GDP - purchasing power parity - $9.3 billion
COMMODITIES: textiles 44%, sugar 40%, others manufactures 10%
PARTNERS: EC and US have preferential treatment, EC 77%, US 15%
COMMODITIES: manufactured goods 50%, capital equipment 17%, foodstuffs
13%, petroleum products 8%, chemicals 7%
PARTNERS: EC, US, S.Africa, Japan ELECTRICITY:
CAPACITY: 340,000kW
PRODUCTION: 920 million kWh
CONSUMPTION PER CAPITAL: 777 kWh (1993)
INDUSTRIES: food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles,
wearing apparel, chemicals, metal products, transport equipment, tourist.
CURRENCY: 1 Mauritian rupee (Rs. 1.00) = 100 cents.
EXCHANGE RATES: Euro1 = RS 39.80 (July 2006)
(Published by The Ministry of Economic Dev. Productivity)
| TOTAL PUBLIC
SECTOR DEBT (AS AT END JULY 2003) |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
| Internal Public Debt | 34,619 |
40,974 |
46,946 |
53,745 |
67,415 |
85,274 |
88,721 |
100,938 |
| External Public Debt |
10,752 |
10,037 |
9,891 |
6,816 |
8,465 |
8,153 |
8,618 |
8,788 |
| Total Public Debt | 45,371 |
51,011 |
56,837 |
60,561 |
75,880 |
93,427 |
97,339 |
109,726 |
| -As % of GDP | 49.9% |
49.6% |
50.5% |
48.9% |
55.4% |
62.1% |
55.8% |
58.6% |
| External Debt of Parastatals | 14,997 |
16,901 |
15,592 |
18,032 |
18,597 |
17,423 |
15,682 |
16,826 |
| Total Public Sector Debt | 60,368 |
67,912 |
72,429 |
78,536 |
90,691 |
100,350 |
113,021 |
126,552 |
| -As % of GDP | 66.3% |
66.0% |
64.3% |
63.4% |
66.3% |
66.7% |
64.8% |
67.6% |
| *See more details on www.gov.mu |
| TRADE DEFICIT | 1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
| Exports (f.o.b.) | 40,051 |
40,025 |
40,882 |
47,511 |
54,762 |
59,900 |
52,704 |
59,248 |
| Import | 49,742 |
56,629 |
54,928 |
57,940 |
64,888 |
69,400 |
69,388 |
84,751 |
| Trade Deficit | -12,399 |
-9,691 |
-14,046 |
-10,429 |
-10,126 |
-9,500 |
- |
- |
| INFLATION | Inflation
rate (%) |
| 2002 | 6.3 |
| 2003 | 5.1 |
| 2004 | 3.9 |
| 2005 | 4.9 |
| 2006 [Forecasts] | 8.5 |
| UNEMPLOYMENT | Rate
(%) |
| 2000 | 5.9 |
| 2001 | 5.4 |
| 2002 | 8.7 |
| 2003 | 10.2 |
| 2004 | 8.4 |
| 2005 | 10.3 |
| 2006 [Forecasts] | 11.0 |
