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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 992,503 1,038,334 1,151,252
3. Tourism Earnings Calendar Year 788,276 906,971 930,456 871,356 934,827 964,642 965,441 1,275,227
4. Real GDP Growth Rate* 5 Calendar Year 40,557 44,304 50,191 55,867
5. Gross Domestic Product (at market prices)* 5 Calendar Year (Rs million) 31,942 40,687 41,213 35,693 39,457 42,717 44,378 3.4 3.6 3.0 3.5 2
6. Gross National Income (at market prices)* 5 Calendar Year (Per cent)
7. GNI Per Capita (at market prices)* 5 Calendar Year (Rs million) 5.6 5.6 5.3 3.4 4.5 3.9 3.6 372,397 392,062 409,524 434,188 2
8. Headline Inflation Rate* Year ended June (Rs million) 373,127 ^ 382,132 ^ 406,527 ^ 431,889 ^2
Calendar Year (Rupees) 222,870 255,211 284,254 291,756 307,957 330,647 350,644 296,171 ^ 302,989 ^ 321,905 ^ 341,752 ^2
9. Headline Inflation Rate* Calendar Year (Per cent)
Year ended June (Per cent) 223,879 ^ 261,411 ^ 288,155 ^ 290,489 ^ 311,637 ^ 331,550 ^ 351,836 ^ 3.6 4.0 1.7 0.9
10. Unemployment Rate* Calendar Year (Per cent) 3.5 3.2 1.3
11. Current Account Balance 7 Year ended June (Rs million) 181,013 ^ 210,497 ^ 231,306 ^ 232,593 ^ 249,030 ^ 264,365 ^ 279,792 ^ 8.0 7.8 7.9 1.0
12. Current Account Balance 7 Calendar Year (Rs million) -29,698 2 -20,315 2 -23,346 2 7.3 3
13. Overall Balance of Payments End-December (Rs million) 5.1 10.7 8.8 6.9 1.7 5.1 5.1 -23,124 2 -21,824 2 -20,472 2 -16,047 3
Calendar Year (Rs million) +20,335 +15,939 +15,105 -18,881 3
14. Overall Balance of Payments Calendar Year (Rs million) 8.9 8.8 9.7 2.5 2.9 6.5 3.9 +16,580 +23,019 +19,960 +26,921
15. Gross Official International Reserves 8 @ (Rs million) 105,009 124,344 152,902
16. Total Imports (c.i.f.)* # (Rs million) 9.0 8.5 7.2 7.3 7.6 7.8 8.0 165,594 172,038 168,0232 +26,227
# (Per cent) 88,048 94,776 93,2902
17. Total Exports (f.o.b.)* # (Rs million) -10,188 -17,415 -22,232 -24,771 -24,655 -34,405 -36,021 3.5 3.3 3.7 178,858
# (Per cent) 47,162 51,429 54,676 165,436 3
18. Ratio of Budget Deficit to GDP at market prices** End-December (Rs million) -19,399 -13,248 -27,633 -20,836 -30,985 -44,630 -25,059 12.7 13.1 13.4
Calendar Year (Per cent) 149,960 165,285 181,649 83,851 3
19. External Debt: Budgetary Central Government End-December (Rs million) -3,019 +6,603 +9,110 +2,484 +9,694 +8,399 +2,692 40.3 42.2 44.4 3.5 2
End-December (Per cent) 271,247 274,647 286,172
20. Ratio of BCG External Debt to GDP at market prices** End-December (Rs million) -4,573 +13,880 +4,624 +12,103 +6, 177 +5,247 +6,041 5.9 1.3 4.2 51,637 2
Calendar Year (Rs million) 23,317 25,391 27,638 11.9
21. Internal Debt: Budgetary Central Government End-December (Rs million) 44,670 51,386 56,535 69,742 79,044 81,474 92,988 277,356 300,582 323,789
Calendar Year (Per cent) 365,609 397,557 437,999 206,280 2
22. Ratio of BCG Internal Debt to GDP at market prices** (Rs million) 115,502 121,037 132,165 118,444 134,882 147,815 160,996 5.8 8.7 10.2 47.5
23. Banks' Claims on Private Sector (CPS) 6 (Per cent) 413,416 402,035 434,672
24. Growth Rate of CPS 74,037 69,708 67,970 61,681 69,550 73, 586 79,658 13.5 -2.8 8.1 285,484

25. Currency Outside Depository Corporations 4.8 4.0 2.6 3.0 3.2 3.2 1.8 -0.2
26. Total Private Sector Rupee Deposits with Banks 6 29,731
27. Broad Money Liabilities (BML) 9,255 14,207 13,152 21,617 26,791 31,351 35,947
28. Growth Rate of BML 350,580
29. Claims on Other Sectors by Depository Corporations 9 4.4 6.0 4.9 7.4 8.7 9.5 10.3
30. Growth Rate of Claims on Other Sectors by Depository Corporations 9 477,789
104,829 108,668 109,836 125,644 128,557 137,219 140,806 9.1

50.2 45.8 40.7 43.2 41.9 41.6 40.2 439,052

131,333 145,312 178,925 184,650 209,570 227,044 256,025 1.0

13.2 10.6 23.1 3.2 13.5 8.3 12.8

13,028 14,260 16,156 17,153 18,975 20,308 22,170

139,733 162,026 185,322 206,890 227,415 240,640 266,199

207,523 239,318 274,314 296,480 300,231 319,537 345,617

9.5 15.3 14.6 8.1 1.3 6.4 8.2

160,176 179,168 225,468 227,569 279,012 311,129 364,274

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.