Mauritius recorded a Current Account deficit of 8.80 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2018.

Current Account to GDP in Mauritius averaged -4.27 percent from 1976 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 6.40 percent in 1986 and a record low of -13.55 percent in 2011. This page provides - Mauritius Current Account to GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Mauritius Current Account to GDP - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on October of 2020.

Current Account to GDP in Mauritius is expected to reach -7.60 percent by the end of 2020, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Mauritius Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around -6.00 percent in 2021 and -5.30 percent in 2022, according to our econometric models.

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Mauritius Current Account to GDP

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-6.30 -8.80 6.40 -13.55 1976 - 2019 percent Yearly

Mauritius Trade Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Balance of Trade -5821.00 -6061.00 560.00 -23045.00 MUR Million [+]
Current Account -13100.00 -4933.00 3279.00 -13870.00 MUR Million [+]
Current Account to GDP -6.30 -8.80 6.40 -13.55 percent [+]
Imports 12842.00 11711.00 44732.00 1755.00 MUR Million [+]
Exports 7021.00 5650.00 21687.00 1407.00 MUR Million [+]
External Debt 43727.20 33658.70 56153.00 6185.00 MUR Million [+]
Tourism Revenues 414.00 383.00 44378.00 383.00 MUR Million [+]
Tourist Arrivals 369.00 317.00 158043.00 9.00 [+]
Gold Reserves 12.40 12.40 12.44 1.91 Tonnes [+]
Foreign Direct Investment 17370.00 21242.00 21242.00 8793.00 MUR Million [+]
Capital Flows 6302.00 6400.00 42378.64 -14837.20 MUR Million [+]
Terms Of Trade 115.06 109.36 138.15 91.30 points [+]
Terrorism Index 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 [+]
Remittances 591.00 738.00 738.00 425.00 MUR Million [+]


Mauritius Current Account to GDP
The Current account balance as a percent of GDP provides an indication on the level of international competitiveness of a country. Usually, countries recording a strong current account surplus have an economy heavily dependent on exports revenues, with high savings ratings but weak domestic demand. On the other hand, countries recording a current account deficit have strong imports, a low saving rates and high personal consumption rates as a percentage of disposable incomes.