Mauritius
- Official Name:
- Republic of Mauritius (Mauritius)
- Area:
- 2.040 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 1.250.882 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 177 km
- Capital:
- Port Louis
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Port Louis
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
- Political divisions:
- 9 districts and 3 dependencies; Agalega Islands, Black River, Cargados Carajos Shoals, Flacq, Grand Port, Moka, Pamplemousses, Plaines Wilhems, Port Louis, Riviere du Rempart, Rodrigues, Savanne
- Language(s):
- Creole 80,5%, Bhojpuri 12,1%, French 3,4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3,7%, unspecified 0,3% (2000 census)
- National holiday:
- Independence Day, 12 March (1968)
- Nationality:
- Mauritian(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 4.
- Member of:
- ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .mu
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Mauritian rupee (MUR) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD13.700 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 7.175.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 4,9% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 5,1%
- Industry: 25,2%
- Services: 69,7%
- Labor force:
- 555.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (1999):
-
- Agriculture and fishing 14%
- Construction and industry 36%
- Transportation and communication 7%
- Restaurants, hotels 16%,
- Finance 3%,
- Other services 24%,
- Unemployment rate:
- 9,4% (2006 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 23,6% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 19,4% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD1.475.000.000
- Expenditures: USD1.854.000.000
- Public debt:
- 57,9% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD -651.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 2.318.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses
- Exports - Partners:
- UK 32%, France 17%, US 9,7%, UAE 8,6%, Madagascar 5,7%, Italy 5,7% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 3.391.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Manufactured goods, capital equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
- Imports - partners:
- China 9,8%, South Africa 8,6%, France 7,6%, India 6,9%, Bahrain 5,2%, Finland 4,8%, Germany 4,1% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD1.358.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 2.834.000.000 (2006)
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