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MauritiusPort-Louiskey figures Land area, thousands of km22 Population, thousands (2005)1 245 GDP per capita, $ PPP valuation (2005) 13 542 Life expectancy (2000-2005) Illiteracy rate (2005) Economic Outlook 2005-2006 tables and graphs in this section are available in Excel format at: Economic Outlook AfDB/OECD 2006357 MAURITIUS HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST standards ofliving in Africa. It enjoyed sustained growth of morethan 6 per cent in the 1990s and reached GDP per capitaof $11 287 (in PPP terms) in 2003. The traditionalengines of growth in MAURITIUS have been sugar, textiles,and tourism. More recently, MAURITIUS has diversifiedinto financial services and information and computertechnologies (ICT). MAURITIUS has one of the mostcompetitive economies, ranked first in Africa, and 23rdworldwide for its business activity facility. Mauritiusis now a middle-income country as a result of goodeconomic performance, and ranks 65th in the worldand second in Africa (after the Seychelles) on the 2005 Human Development Index.
Mauritius Port-Louis key figures • Land area, thousands of km2 2 • Population, thousands (2005) 1 245 • GDP per capita, $ PPP valuation (2005) 13 542
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