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Mauritius

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Mauritius is a country. The capital city is Port Louis, located in the Eastern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 1,997 km², a population of 1,261,041 people and uses the currency Mauritian rupee. The Prime Minister is Pravind Jugnauth.

Key facts

currency: Mauritian rupee
capital city: Port Louis
region: Eastern Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 1,997 km²
population: 1,261,041 people
political leader: Pravind Jugnauth (Prime Minister)

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central government debt: 57.96 % of GDP
expense: 28.00 % of GDP
GDP: 14,644,524,819.01 current US$
inflation: 7.05 annual %
self-employed workers: 18.47 % of total employment
tax revenue: 19.79 % of GDP
unemployment: 5.57 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 15.74 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 3,000 people
democracy score: 8.22
democracy type: Full democracy
individuals using the Internet: 79.50 % of population
military expenditure: 0.15 % of GDP
net migration: -2,824 people
press freedom: 2.75
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 20.00 %
birth rate: 9.60 per 1,000 people
death rate: 10.20 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 564.90 current US$
health expenditure: 6.39 % of GDP
hospital beds: 3.71 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 74
suicide mortality rate: 9.50 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 860.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.80 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 4.21 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
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: 1.32 births per woman
forest area: 388 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 84.54 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 6.20 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 33.00
methane emissions: 0.58 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.17 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 630,733 people
male population: 630,308 people
renewable energy consumption: 8.60 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 1,523.76 km²
rural population: 745,691 people
urban land area: 475.80 km²
urban population: 515,350 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.19 % of total population

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Location on a map: -20°28′S, 57°54′E

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