Selected Economic Indicators

Table 1 : Selected Economic Indicators                      
                       
  Period Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
                       
1. Population-Republic of Mauritius 1 Mid-Year   1,058,775 1,070,128 1,084,401 1,097,305 1,112,607 1,122,118 1,133,551 1,147,706 1,159,729 2
2. Tourist Arrivals Calendar Year   291,550 300,670 335,400 374,630 400,526 422,463 486,867 536,125 558,195
3. Gross National Product (at market prices) Calendar Year (Rs Million) 38,936 44,405 49,804 56,633 62,600 68,750 76,398 3 85,567 4 95,425 5
4. GNP Per Capita (at market prices) Calendar Year (Rupees) 36,775 41,495 45,928 51,611 56,264 61,268 67,397 3 74,555 4 82,282 5
5. Inflation Rate Calendar Year (Per Cent) 13.5 7.0 4.6 10.5 7.3 6.0 6.6 6.6 6.8
6. Overall Balance of Payments Fiscal Year ending June (Rs Million) +3,041 +2456 +3,048 -909 -962 -1,009 +3,841 1,600 -2,293
7. Net International Reserves End-December (Rs Million) 12,197 15,150 16,068 16,662 15,902 18,798 19,848 21,995 19,894
8. Total Imports (c.i.f.) Calendar Year (Rs Million) 23,943 24,383 25,280 30,319 34,548 34,363 41,082 46,093 46,500 2
9. Total Exports (f.o.b.) Calendar Year (Rs Million) 18,167 19,300 20,744 23,522 24,697 27,326 32,312 33,694 37,300 2
10. Government Recurrent Revenue Fiscal Year ending June (Rs Million) 8,367 9,715 10,548 11,595 12,890 13,047 12,779 16,544 18,526 3
11. Government Recurrent Expenditure Fiscal Year ending June (Rs Million) 8,200 9,214 10,273 10,894 13,088 14,517 15,939 18,853 21,050 3
12. Government Capital Expenditure Fiscal Year ending June (Rs Million) 2,278 2,759 2,607 3,095 3,215 3,192 4,058 5,744 3,316 3
13. External Debt: Central Government End-June (Rs Million) 5,868 5,964 5,476 5,712 5,766 5,778 9,159 9,619 10,743
14. Internal Debt: Central Government End-June (Rs Million) 14,060 16,953 14,984 16,522 18,676 21,701 24,706 30,241 34,619
15. Banking System Net Claims on Public Sector End-December (Rs Million) 4,404 6,675 7,478 8,976 11,911 13,282 14,480 18,273 17,983
16. Commercial Banks' Net Claims on Private Sector End-December (Rs Million) 13,043 15,234 18,685 23,924 28,714 32,879 34,468 43,360 55,821
17. Currency with Public End-December (Rs Million) 2,849 3,408 3,820 4,231 4,412 4,847 5,051 5,410 5,833
18. Money Supply (M1) End-December (Rs Million) 5,580 6,678 7,507 7,425 8,869 9,579 9,831 10,613 11,591
19. Aggregate Monetary Resources (M2) End-December (Rs Million) 24,570 29,956 34,702 40,635 45,654 54,181 58,263 67,831 75,429
20. Total Private Sector Deposits with Commercial Banks End-December (Rs Million) 21,626 26,248 30,474 35,915 40,425 47,793 51,419 57,426 62,910
                       
                       
1 Excluding Agalega and Saint Brandon.                      
2 Estimates.                      
3 Revised Estimates.                      
4 Preliminary Estimates.                      
5 First Forecast.                      

Last Updated on 22/02/99
By B.O.M