Central government debt, total in Mauritius
Mauritius: Central government debt, total was 57.1% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Central government debt, total in Mauritius, 1990–2019
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2019, central government debt, total in Mauritius stood at 57.1%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 58.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, central government debt, total in Mauritius peaked at 57.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 29.8%, in 2001.
Mauritius ranks 38th of 83 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Central government debt, total in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 39.1% | — |
| 1991 | 39.4% | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 31.5% | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 29.8% | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 30.7% | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 32.4% | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 35.3% | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 35.3% | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 33.1% | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 31.0% | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 31.7% | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 29.8% | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 39.3% | +31.9% |
| 2003 | 44.1% | +12.4% |
| 2004 | 38.5% | -12.7% |
| 2005 | 41.1% | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 37.4% | -9.0% |
| 2007 | 34.2% | -8.8% |
| 2008 | 33.2% | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 36.0% | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 36.3% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 35.0% | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 36.0% | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 55.4% | +53.9% |
| 2018 | 54.6% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 57.1% | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 33.8% | 29.8% | 39.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.5% | 29.8% | 44.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.7% | 35.0% | 57.1% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Mauritius
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.31 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.33 Percent per annum (2029)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate -3.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.173 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per capita 2,247 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 3.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7491 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 9,731 current US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current LCU), annual growth rate 2.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current LCU), per unit of GDP 34.45 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is central government debt, total in Mauritius?
- Central government debt, total in Mauritius was 57.1% in 2019, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest central government debt, total recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 57.1% in 2019.
- What is the lowest central government debt, total recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.8% in 2001.
- How does Mauritius rank for central government debt, total?
- Mauritius ranks 38th out of 83 countries with data for 2019.
- Is central government debt, total rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Central government debt, total (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Central government is the part of general government that includes all administrative departments of the national executive, legislative, and judicial functions, other central agencies and those non-market producers controlled by the central government, whose competence extends normally over the whole economic territory. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.