|
Geographics
| Location |
Southern
Africa |
| Capital |
Port
Louis |
| Type
of Government |
Parliamentary
democracy |
| Total
Area |
1,860
sq. km |
| Coastline |
177
km |
Economy
| GDP |
$9.3
billion (1993 est.) |
| GDP
Growth |
n/a
% |
| GDP
per Capita |
$3,500
(1996) |
| Economy
by Sectors: |
| -
Agriculture (sugarcane,
tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses, cattle, goats, fish) |
10% |
| -
Industry (food processing,
textiles, wearing apparel, chemicals, metal products, transport
equipment, non-electrical machinery) |
n/a
% |
| -
Services (tourism) |
n/a
% |
Contact
Information
| AOSIS
(Alliance of Small Island States): |
Permanent
Representative of the Republic of Mauritius to the United Nations
211 East 43rd St., 15th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10017
Telephone: 949-0190; Telefax: 697-3829 |
| Contact
in Mauritius: |
UNDP
Country Office
Anglo-Mauritius House, 6th Floor, Intendance Street
Port Louis, Mauritius
Tel.: (230) 212-3726/7; Fax: (230) 208-4871 |
|
Demographics
| Population |
1,127,068 |
| Population
Growth |
0.89% |
| Labor
Force |
335,000 |
| Life
Expectancy at Birth |
70.84
years |
| Literacy |
80% |
Foreign
Trade
| Exports
(f.o.b.) |
$1.52
billion (1996) |
| Commodities: |
| textiles
(44%), sugar (40%), light manufactures (10%) |
| Partners: |
| EC
(73%) and US (18%) have preferential treatment |
| Imports
(f.o.b.) |
$1.7
billion (1993 est.) |
| Commodities: |
| manufactured
goods (50%), capital equipment (17%), foodstuffs (13%), petroleum
products (8%), chemicals (7%) |
| Partners: |
EC,
US, South Africa, Japan
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