Mauritius

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Key facts

  • Currency: Mauritian rupee
  • Capital city: Port Louis
  • Region: Eastern Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 1,997 km²
  • Population: 1,262,523
  • Political Leader: Pravind Jugnauth (Prime Minister)

Latest news

Banks from Mauritius admitted to trading on Russian forex market

Read: TASS News Agency

2024-03-19

Mauritius launches India-funded air strip on Agalega, denies it will be used as military base

Read: SCMP

2024-02-29

PM Modi, Mauritius PM inaugurate airstrip, jetty

Read: Times of India

2024-02-29

Rodrigues: the far-flung outpost of Mauritius -- with far fewer visitors

Read: Financial Times

2024-02-28

Stranded cruise ship allowed to dock in Mauritius after cholera scare

Read: CBS

2024-02-27

Norwegian Dawn passengers start to exit cholera-suspected US cruise ship near Mauritius, but many remain on board

Read: SCMP

2024-02-27

Norwegian Dawn cruise ship allowed to dock in Mauritius after tests show no cholera aboard

Read: SCMP

2024-02-26

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 57.96 % of GDP
Expense 28.17 % of GDP
GDP 12,948,700,000.00 current US$
Inflation 10.77 annual %
Self-employed 17.81 % of total employment
Tax revenue 19.02 % of GDP
Unemployment 6.32 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 15.04 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 860.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 0.80 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 3,720.20 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 39.44 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 4.07 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 37.84 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 18.65 % of total
Net energy imports 84.54 % of energy use
Fertility rate 1.41 births per woman
Forest area 388 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 84.54 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 1,217.69 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 33.10 years
Methane emissions 1,973.73 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 221.87 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 639,989
Male Population 622,533
Renewable energy consumption 9.41 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 1,523.76 km²
Rural population 747,287
Urban land area 475.80 km²
Urban population 515,236
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 1.19 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 10.30 per 1,000 people
Death rate 10.50 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 560.41 current US$
Health expenditure 6.66 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.54 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 3.40 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 74 years
Suicide mortality rate 9.50 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 99.60 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 67.58 % of population
Net migration 0
Press freedom 2.75


Politics

Armed forces personnel 3,000
Democracy score 8.22
Democracy type Full democracy
Military expenditure 0.17 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 20.00 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 9 days ago

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