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Table 1: Selected Economic Indicators of Mauritius: 2006 to 2016

Period Unit 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

1. Population-Republic of Mauritius 1 Mid-year 1,233,996 1,239,630 1,244,121 1,247,429 1,250,400 1,252,404 1,255,882 1,258,653 1,260,934 1,262,605 1,263,473
2. Tourist Arrivals* Calendar Year 788,276 906,971 930,456 871,356 934,827 964,642 965,441 992,503 1,038,334 1,151,252 1,275,227
55,867
3. Tourism Earnings Calendar Year (Rs million) 31,942 40,687 41,213 35,693 39,457 42,717 44,378 40,557 44,304 50,191 3.6 2
4. Real GDP Growth Rate* 5 Calendar Year (Per cent) 5.6 5.6 5.3 3.4 4.5 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.1 2 434,243 2
5. Gross Domestic Product (at market prices)* 5 Calendar Year (Rs million)
6. Gross National Income (at market prices)* 5 Calendar Year (Rs million) 222,870 255,211 284,254 291,756 307,957 330,647 350,644 372,397 392,062 409,893 2 431,947 ^2
7. GNI Per Capita (at market prices)* 5 Calendar Year (Rupees) 223,879 ^ 261,411 ^ 288,155 ^ 290,489 ^ 311,637 ^ 331,550 ^ 351,836 ^ 373,127 ^ 382,132 ^ 406,896 ^2 341,799 ^2
Year ended June (Per cent) 181,013 ^ 210,497 ^ 231,306 ^ 232,593 ^ 249,030 ^ 264,365 ^ 279,792 ^ 296,171 ^ 302,989 ^ 322,197 ^2
8. Headline Inflation Rate* 0.9
5.1 10.7 8.8 6.9 1.7 5.1 5.1 3.6 4.0 1.7 1.0
3.5 3.2 1.3 7.3 3
9. Headline Inflation Rate* Calendar Year (Per cent) 8.9 8.8 9.7 2.5 2.9 6.5 3.9 8.0 7.8 7.9 -16,047 3
-29,698 -20,315 -23,346 -18,881 3
10. Unemployment Rate* Calendar Year (Per cent) 9.0 8.5 7.2 7.3 7.6 7.8 8.0 -23,124 -21,824 -20,472 +26,921
11. Current Account Balance 7 Year ended June (Rs million) -10,188 -17,415 -22,232 -24,771 -24,655 -34,405 -36,021 +20,335 +15,939 +15,105 +26,227
12. Current Account Balance 7 Calendar Year (Rs million) -19,399 -13,248 -27,633 -20,836 -30,985 -44,630 -25,059 +16,580 +23,019 +19,960 178,858
Year ended June (Rs million) +6,603 +9,110 +2,484 +9,694 +8,399 +2,692 105,009 124,344 152,902 165,436
13. Overall Balance of Payments -3,019 165,594 172,038 168,023 83,851
88,048 94,776 93,290 3.5 2
14. Overall Balance of Payments Calendar Year (Rs million) -4,573 +13,880 +4,624 +12,103 +6, 177 +5,247 +6,041 3.5 3.3 3.7 51,637 2
15. Gross Official International Reserves 8 End-December (Rs million) 44,670 51,386 56,535 69,742 79,044 81,474 92,988 47,162 51,429 54,676 11.9
16. Total Imports (c.i.f.)* Calendar Year (Rs million) 115,502 121,037 132,165 118,444 134,882 147,815 160,996 12.7 13.1 13.4 206,280 2
149,960 165,285 181,649 47.5
17. Total Exports (f.o.b.)* Calendar Year (Rs million) 74,037 69,708 67,970 61,681 69,550 73, 586 79,658 40.3 42.2 44.4 285,484
271,247 274,647 286,172
18. Ratio of Budget Deficit to GDP at market prices** @ (Per cent) 4.8 4.0 2.6 3.0 3.2 3.2 1.8 5.9 1.3 4.2 -0.2
23,317 25,391 27,638 29,731
19. External Debt: Budgetary Central Government # (Rs million) 9,255 14,207 13,152 21,617 26,791 31,351 35,947 277,356 300,582 323,789 350,580
365,609 397,557 437,999 477,789
20. Ratio of BCG External Debt to GDP at market prices** # (Per cent) 4.4 6.0 4.9 7.4 8.7 9.5 10.3 5.8 8.7 10.2
413,416 402,035 434,672 9.1
21. Internal Debt: Budgetary Central Government # (Rs million) 104,829 108,668 109,836 125,644 128,557 137,219 140,806 13.5 -2.8 8.1 439,052

22. Ratio of BCG Internal Debt to GDP at market prices** # (Per cent) 50.2 45.8 40.7 43.2 41.9 41.6 40.2 1.0
23. Banks' Claims on Private Sector (CPS) 6 End-December (Rs million) 131,333 145,312 178,925 184,650 209,570 227,044 256,025
24. Growth Rate of CPS Calendar Year (Per cent)
13.2 10.6 23.1 3.2 13.5 8.3 12.8

25. Currency Outside Depository Corporations End-December (Rs million) 13,028 14,260 16,156 17,153 18,975 20,308 22,170
26. Total Private Sector Rupee Deposits with Banks 6 End-December (Rs million) 139,733 162,026 185,322 206,890 227,415 240,640 266,199
27. Broad Money Liabilities (BML) End-December (Rs million) 207,523 239,318 274,314 296,480 300,231 319,537 345,617

28. Growth Rate of BML Calendar Year (Per cent) 9.5 15.3 14.6 8.1 1.3 6.4 8.2
29. Claims on Other Sectors by Depository Corporations 9 End-December (Rs million) 160,176 179,168 225,468 227,569 279,012 311,129 364,274
30. Growth Rate of Claims on Other Sectors by Depository Corporations 9 Calendar Year (Per cent)
12.6 11.9 25.8 0.9 22.6 11.5 17.1

1 Excluding Agalega and Saint Brandon. 2 Revised. 3 Provisional. 4 Forecast.

5 The National Accounts data from 2006 are based on the 2013 Census of Economic Activities. ^ Exclusive of net primary income of GBC1s from the rest of the world

6 Data as from 2005 onwards refer to all banks and are not strictly comparable with prior years' data.

7 As from 2010, balance of payments includes cross-border transactions of GBC1s and are not strictly comparable with prior data.

8 As from 2007, Gross Official International Reserves exclude the Bank's foreign equity participation in international organisations.

9 As from 2010, data are no longer adjusted for claims on Global Business Licence holders and are not strictly comparable with prior data.

@ As from 2010 to 2014, government finance statistics were compiled on a calendar year basis, spanning from January to December. From 2006 to 2009 and as from 2015, the financial year for government finance statistics

spanned from July to June of the following year. As from 2008-09, government finance statistics are compiled using the IMF's GFS Manual 2001.

Note: Following IMF recommendations in January 2013, with effect from January 2010, liabilities to Central Government now include deposits of budgetary central government,

extra-budgetary units and social security funds, as well as their holdings of Bank of Mauritius securities, which were formerly classified as "Deposits and Securities Other than Shares, Excluded from Monetary Base".

# As from 2009, data refer to end-December, instead of end-June for previous years. n.a.: not available

* Source: Statistics Mauritius.

**Source: Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.