Key information about Mauritius Current Account Balance

• Mauritius Current Account recorded a deficit of 183.0 USD mn in Sep 2023, compared with a deficit of 97.0 USD mn in the previous quarter.
• Mauritius Current Account Balance: USD mn data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 2017 to Sep 2023, with an averaged value of -287.0 USD mn.
• The data reached an all-time high of -59.0 USD mn in Mar 2018 and a record low of -508.0 USD mn in Jun 2022.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 2.5 USD bn in Sep 2023.
• Mauritius Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 3.4 USD bn in Sep 2023.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 1.6 USD bn in Sep 2023.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 3.2 USD bn in Mar 2023.

Key information about Mauritius Current Account Balance: % of GDP

• Mauritius Current Account deficit accounted for 7.2 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Sep 2024, compared with a 6.8 % deficit in the previous quarter.
• Mauritius Current Account Balance: % of Nominal GDP data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 2007 to Sep 2024, with an average value of -7.2 %.
• The data reached an all-time high of 1.6 % in Mar 2007 and a record low of -16.7 % in Sep 2011.

CEIC calculates quarterly Current Account Balance as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly Current Account Balance and quarterly Nominal GDP. The Bank of Mauritius provides Current Account Balance in local currency based on BPM6. Statistics Mauritius provides Nominal GDP in local currency based on SNA 2008, CEA 2018. Current Account Balance as % of Nominal GDP prior to Q1 2013 is calculated from Nominal GDP based on SNA 2008, CEA 2013. Current Account Balance as % of Nominal GDP prior to Q1 2010 is calculated from Current Account Balance based on BPM5.


Key information about Mauritius Current Account Balance: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Mauritius, Current Account recorded a deficit of 183.0 USD mn in Sep 2023.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 2.5 USD bn in Sep 2023.
• Mauritius Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 3.2 USD bn in Jun 2024.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 1.2 USD bn in Jun 2024.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 3.2 USD bn in Mar 2023.

Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Paid data was reported at 8.258 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 6.785 USD mn for 2016. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Paid data is updated yearly, averaging 1.562 USD mn from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.740 USD mn in 2008 and a record low of 0.476 USD mn in 1999. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Paid data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.; Sum; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).

Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Net data was reported at 1.235 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 947.747 USD mn for 2016. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -15.086 USD mn from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.235 USD bn in 2017 and a record low of -119.149 USD mn in 2011. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Net primary income refers to receipts and payments of employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (receipts and payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received: % of GDP data was reported at 0.010 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.011 % for 2016. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.010 % from Dec 1994 (Median) to 2017, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.317 % in 1998 and a record low of 0.005 % in 2011. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.; Weighted Average; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).

Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Balance: % of GDP data was reported at -6.583 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -4.214 % for 2016. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Balance: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging -4.611 % from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.405 % in 1986 and a record low of -13.546 % in 2011. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Balance: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

MU: Current Account: % of GDP data was reported at -4.400 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of -5.100 % for 2015. MU: Current Account: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging -5.650 % from Dec 2001 (Median) to 2016, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.100 % in 2001 and a record low of -13.900 % in 2011. MU: Current Account: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.IMF: Current Account as % of GDP.

Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Net data was reported at -257.417 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -232.138 USD mn for 2016. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 67.717 USD mn from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 224.188 USD mn in 2008 and a record low of -257.417 USD mn in 2017. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Charges for the Use of Intellectual Property: Receipts data was reported at 0.835 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.733 USD mn for 2016. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Charges for the Use of Intellectual Property: Receipts data is updated yearly, averaging 0.555 USD mn from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2017, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.026 USD mn in 2013 and a record low of 0.005 USD mn in 2008. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Charges for the Use of Intellectual Property: Receipts data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Charges for the use of intellectual property are payments and receipts between residents and nonresidents for the authorized use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, and franchises) and for the use, through licensing agreements, of produced originals or prototypes (such as copyrights on books and manuscripts, computer software, cinematographic works, and sound recordings) and related rights (such as for live performances and television, cable, or satellite broadcast). Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Sum; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Mauritius MU: BoP: Current Account: Services: Construction: Debit data was reported at 27.916 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.089 USD mn for 2016. Mauritius MU: BoP: Current Account: Services: Construction: Debit data is updated yearly, averaging 11.489 USD mn from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2017, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 46.082 USD mn in 2010 and a record low of 0.417 USD mn in 2000. Mauritius MU: BoP: Current Account: Services: Construction: Debit data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.IMF.BOP: BPM6: Balance of Payments: Detailed Presentation: Annual.

Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received data was reported at 1.362 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.294 USD mn for 2016. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received data is updated yearly, averaging 0.826 USD mn from Dec 1994 (Median) to 2017, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 180.000 USD mn in 1998 and a record low of 0.519 USD mn in 2011. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.; Sum; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).

Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service data was reported at 2.240 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.066 USD bn for 2016. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service data is updated yearly, averaging 664.624 USD mn from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.498 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of 66.602 USD mn in 1976. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Services refer to economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Gap-filled total; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others (goods for processing in BPM5) and maintenance and repair services n.i.e. are reclassified from goods to services.

Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods and Services data was reported at 7.230 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 6.473 USD bn for 2016. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods and Services data is updated yearly, averaging 2.654 USD bn from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.852 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of 374.016 USD mn in 1976. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods and Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Imports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Gap-filled total; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service data was reported at 3.014 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.866 USD bn for 2016. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service data is updated yearly, averaging 905.303 USD mn from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.408 USD bn in 2012 and a record low of 61.214 USD mn in 1976. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Services refer to economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Gap-filled total; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others (goods for processing in BPM5) and maintenance and repair services n.i.e. are reclassified from goods to services.

Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods and Services data was reported at 5.375 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.242 USD bn for 2016. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods and Services data is updated yearly, averaging 2.540 USD bn from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.284 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of 325.824 USD mn in 1976. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods and Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Exports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, net exports of goods under merchanting, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Gap-filled total; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Mauritius MU: BoP: Current Account: Primary Income: Investment Income: Credit data was reported at 6.805 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 6.341 USD bn for 2016. Mauritius MU: BoP: Current Account: Primary Income: Investment Income: Credit data is updated yearly, averaging 51.038 USD mn from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.805 USD bn in 2017 and a record low of 1.943 USD mn in 1985. Mauritius MU: BoP: Current Account: Primary Income: Investment Income: Credit data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.IMF.BOP: BPM6: Balance of Payments: Detailed Presentation: Annual.

Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Receipts data was reported at 277.924 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 265.674 USD mn for 2016. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Receipts data is updated yearly, averaging 162.682 USD mn from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 413.130 USD mn in 2009 and a record low of 10.028 USD mn in 1976. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Receipts data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Sum; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods data was reported at -2.629 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -2.031 USD bn for 2016. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods data is updated yearly, averaging -260.388 USD mn from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 76.413 USD mn in 1986 and a record low of -2.629 USD bn in 2017. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Net trade in goods is the difference between exports and imports of goods. Trade in services is not included. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc: % of Service Exports data was reported at 25.792 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 29.729 % for 2016. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc: % of Service Exports data is updated yearly, averaging 23.037 % from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 40.402 % in 1981 and a record low of 13.648 % in 2004. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc: % of Service Exports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Communications, computer, information, and other services cover international telecommunications; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; personal, cultural, and recreational services; manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others; and maintenance and repair services and government services not included elsewhere.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Weighted average; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods, Services and Primary Income data was reported at 12.801 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 11.868 USD bn for 2016. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods, Services and Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 2.721 USD bn from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13.579 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of 382.847 USD mn in 1976. Mauritius MU: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods, Services and Primary Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritius – Table MU.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Imports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods imports, service imports and primary income payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Gap-filled total; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.