Table 1: Selected Economic Indicators
  Period Unit 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
                         
1.   Population-Republic of Mauritius 1 Mid-year   1,084,401 1,097,305 1,112,607 1,122,118 1,133,551 1,147,706 1,159,729 1,174,417 1,185,888 4 n.a.
2.   Tourist Arrivals Fiscal Year ending June   321,000 350,370 388,255 406,556 450,493     513,798      555,616      565,324 620,030 658,351 4
3.   Real GDP Growth Rate Calendar Year (Per cent) 6.6 5.0 5.2 5.6 6.2 5.6 5.8 2.1 2 8.9 3 6.4 5
4.   Gross National Income (at market prices) Calendar Year (Rs million)        49,804       56,633       62,600        68,750 76,521 86,054 99,576 108,296 2 120,916 3 134,195 5
5.   GNI Per Capita (at market prices) Calendar Year (Rupees)        45,928       51,611       56,264        61,268 67,506 74,979 85,849 92,199 2 101,948 3 112,109 5
6.   Inflation Rate Fiscal Year ending June (Per cent)              2.9             8.9             9.4              6.1              5.8             7.9              5.4              7.9                5.3             4.4
7.   Inflation Rate End-December (Per cent)              4.6           10.5             7.3              6.0              6.6             6.6              6.8              6.9                4.2 n.a.
8.   Overall Balance of Payments Fiscal Year ending June (Rs million) +3,048 -909 -962  -1,009 +3,841 +1,600 -2,293 +690 +2,141 +5,107
9.   Net International Reserves End-June (Rs million)        16,329       16,115       15,513        15,007        19,304       21,443        21,349        22,575          25,214       31,666
10. Total Imports (c.i.f.) Fiscal Year ending June (Rs million)        25,381       27,209       31,041        35,598        37,704       41,878 49,322 54,076 55,049  4 56,322 4
11. Total Exports (f.o.b.) Fiscal Year ending June (Rs million)        20,348       21,820       24,188        25,482        29,090       33,128 36,279 41,702 38,362 4 45,065 4
12. Government Recurrent Revenue Fiscal Year ending June (Rs million)        10,548       11,595       12,890        13,047        12,779       16,544        18,471 21,327 22,605 24,035 2
13. Government Recurrent Expenditure Fiscal Year ending June (Rs million)        10,273       10,894       13,088        14,517        15,939       18,853        21,010 24,743 25,435 31,360 2
14. Government Capital Expenditure Fiscal Year ending June (Rs million)          2,607         3,095         3,215          3,192          4,058         5,743          3,420 3,700 3,926 4,367 2
15. External  Debt: Central Government  End-June (Rs million)          5,476         5,712         5,766          5,778          9,159         9,666        10,752        10,037 9,891 6,799 4
16. Internal  Debt: Central Government  End-June (Rs million)        14,984       16,522       18,676        21,701        24,706       30,241        34,619        40,974 46,940 53,745
17. Banking System Net Claims on Public Sector  End-June (Rs million)          6,968         8,190       10,871        13,529        14,798       15,759        17,358        16,014          18,469       17,579
18. Commercial Banks' Claims on Private Sector  End-June (Rs million)        16,107       20,388       26,463        30,776        32,576       37,736        49,941        60,106          67,271       73,719
19. Currency with Public  End-June (Rs million)          2,972         3,316         3,570          3,767          4,162         4,307          4,651          4,876            5,172         5,735
20. Money Supply (M1)  End-June (Rs million)          6,591         6,959         7,031          8,134          8,235         8,874        10,152        10,906          11,068       12,384
21. Aggregate Monetary Resources (M2)  End-June (Rs million)        32,105       36,380       42,853        47,859        55,476       60,359        70,878        80,204          88,938       97,126
22. Total Private Sector Deposits with Commercial Banks  End-June (Rs million)        28,780       32,853       38,791        42,773        49,331       53,334        59,609        67,324          75,522       80,802
                         
1Excluding Agalega and Saint Brandon. 2 Revised estimates. 3 Preliminary estimates. 4 Provisional. 5 First Forecast.