ial institutions and building a domestic
information telecommunications industry. Mauritius has attracted
more than 9,000 offshore entities, many aimed at commerce in India
and South Africa, and investment in the banking sector alone has
reached over $1 billion. Mauritius, with its strong textile sector,
has been well poised to take advantage of the Africa Growth and
Opportunity Act (AGOA).

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$16.72 billion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$7.135 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
4.3% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$13,500 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 5.1%
industry: 25.2%
services: 69.7% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
555,000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture and fishing 14%, construction and industry 14%,
transportation and communication 7%, trade, restaurants, hotels 36%,
finance 3%, other services 7% (1995)

Unemployment rate:
9.4% (2006 est.)

Population below poverty line:
10% (2001 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
37 (1987 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
8.9% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
23.6% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $1.475 billion
expenditures: $1.854 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
57.9% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
sugarcane, tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses; cattle, goats; fish

Industries:
food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles, clothing,
mining, chemicals, metal products, transport equipment,
nonelectrical machinery, tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
8% (2000 est.)

Electricity - production:
2.107 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 90.8%
hydro: 9.2%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
1.96 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
21,500 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Current account balance:
$-651 million (2006 est.)