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Mauritius

 

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 Mauritius
All information: Mauritius
 		 United States
All information: United States
 
Area:2,040 km² 9,831,510 km²
Population:1,266,000 328,240,000

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Government

Government form:Parliamentary republic Federal presidential republic
Independent since:1968 n.Chr. 1776 n.Chr.
Capital:Port Louis Washington, D.C.


Population

Inhabitants per km²:620.4 33.4
Life expectancy males:71.3 years 76.1 years
Life expectancy females:77.7 years 81.1 years
Average age:34.6 years 37.4 years
Birthrate:10.20 ‰ 11.60 ‰
Deathrate:8.50 ‰ 8.60 ‰
Migrationrate:0.00 ‰ 3.00 ‰


Quality of life

Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)
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Political stability:80 77
Civil rights:67 83
Health:62 74
Climate:63 64
Cost of Living:53 38
Popularity:14 85


Economy

Currency:Mauritian Rupee (1 MUR = 100 Cents) US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents)
Unemployment rate:6.7 % 3.7 %
Inflation rate:0.41 % 1.81 %
Cost of Living:79.40 % 110.20 %
Commercial taxes and contributions:22.20 % 36.60 %
Average income:11,380 € 58,741 €
Corruption index:52 (moderate) 69 (moderate)
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Gross domestic product:12,667 Mio €10.01 M € 19,092,826 M €58.17 M €
Gross national product:14,402 Mio €11.38 M € 19,280,405 M €58.74 M €
Exported goods:4,627 M €3.66 M € 2,258,389 M €6.88 M €
Imported goods:6,758 M €5.34 M € 2,782,006 M €8.48 M €

Infrastructure

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Roadways:2,428 km1.92 km 6,586,610 km20.07 km
Harbours:280.022 3,6730.011
Airports:50.004 13,5130.041


Energy balance

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Energy consumption:2.73 bn kWh2.15 m kWh 3,902.00 bn kWh11.89 m kWh
Energy production:2.90 bn kWh2.29 m kWh 4,095.00 bn kWh12.48 m kWh
Energy export:0.00 kWh0.00 kWh 9.70 bn kWh29,536.36 kWh
Energy imports:0.00 kWh0.00 kWh 72.72 bn kWh221,545.53 kWh
CO2 emissions:4.35 m t3,436.06 t 5.01 bn t15,251.98 t


Telecommunication

International dialing:+230 +1
Internet domain:.mu .us
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Landlines:434,300343 107,281,000327
Mobile phones:1,918,0001,515 422,000,0001,286
Internet server:51,13940 505,000,0001,539
Internet users:810,054640 290,488,378885



Healthcare system

Hospital beds/1000 inh.:3.40 2.90
Physicians per 1000 inh.:2.02 2.59
Diabetes sufferers:22.0 % 10.8 %
HIV sufferers:0.96 % 0.22 %
Tuberculosis sufferers:0.1 % 0.0 %
Tuberculosis cure rate:88.0 % 77.0 %
Smokers:21.6 % 21.8 %

Climate

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Daytime temperatures:26.3 °C 18.7 °C
Nighttime temperatures:19.9 °C 7.2 °C
Water temperature:24.8 °C 19.1 °C
Relative humidity:80 % 67 %
Absolute humidity:18 g/m³ 9 g/m³
Rain days per year:168 85.2
Sunshine hours per day:7.3 7.2


Native languages

Creole:86.5 % n/a
English:n/a 82.1 %
Spanish:n/a 10.7 %
Bhojpuri:5.3 % n/a
French:4.1 % 0.7 %
Hindi:1.2 % n/a
Chinese:n/a 0.9 %
Tamil:0.8 % n/a
German:n/a 0.6 %
Italian:n/a 0.6 %
Tagalog:n/a 0.4 %
Korean:n/a 0.3 %
Polish:n/a 0.3 %
Vietnamese:n/a 0.2 %
Japanese:n/a 0.2 %
Portuguese:n/a 0.2 %
Russian:n/a 0.2 %
other:2.1 % 2.6 %


Religions

Christianity:32.7 % 78.5 %
Hinduism:48.5 % 1.0 %
Islam:17.3 % 1.1 %
Jewry:n/a 1.8 %
Sikhism:n/a 1.6 %
Buddhism:n/a 0.7 %
nondenominational:0.7 % n/a
other:0.8 % 15.3 %