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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	10 004	11 692	14 180^d
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4.4	3.6	3.6^d
GDP per capita (current US$)	8 016.1	9 283.6	11 168.6^d
Economy: Agriculture^g (% of Gross Value Added)	4.1	3.6	3.3^d
Economy: Industry^h,i (% of Gross Value Added)	25.3	21.7	19.9^d
Economy: Services and other activity^j (% of GVA)	70.7	74.7	76.9^d
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	8.6	6.9^k	5.9^k,f
Employment in industry (% of employed)	28.7	26.6^k	25.1^k,f
Employment in services (% employed)	62.7	66.5^k	69^k,f
Unemployment^k (% of labour force)	7.6	7.4	6.7^f
Labour force participation rate^k (female/male pop. %)	43.0 / 74.1	45.7 / 73.4	45.1 / 71.7^f
CPI: Consumer Price Index^l (2010=100)	100	120	133^f
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	106	100	94^d
International trade: exports (million current US$)	1 850	2 481	1 544^f
International trade: imports (million current US$)	4 402	4 458	4 224^f
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 2 553	- 1 977	- 2 680^f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 006	-417	-756^d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^a,m (average annual %)	0.4	0.2	0.2^f
Urban population^a (% of total population)	41.6	41	40.8^d
Urban population growth rate^a,m (average annual %)	0.2	-0.1	...
Fertility rate, total^a,m (live births per woman)	1.7	1.5	1.4^f
Life expectancy at birth^a,m (females/males, years)	76.2 / 69.4	77.7 / 70.7	78.2 / 71.4^f
Population age distribution^a (0-14/60+ years old, %)	21.9 / 12.1	19.4 / 15.4	16.4 / 19.1^b
International migrant stock^a,n (000/% of total pop.)	24.8 / 2.0	28.6 / 2.3	28.9 / 2.3^f
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	...	...	~0.0^f
Infant mortality rate^a,m (per 1 000 live births)	13.2	12	11.2^f
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	4.6	5.7	5.8^e
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.2	2	2.5^e
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.6	4.9	4.7^d
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	103.1 / 102.5	103.8 / 102.0	100.8 / 98.3^d
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	91.3 / 87.2^k	99.5 / 95.3	98.3 / 96.0^d
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	84.8 / 79.3^k	91.9 / 82.8	87.7 / 81.2^d
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	2.6	1.7	2.9^e
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	17.1	11.6	20^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	28.3^p	50.1^k	64^d
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.4^q,r,s	0.2^t,u,v	0.3^e
Threatened species (number)	222	249	279
Forested area (% of land area)	18.9	18.9	19.1^e
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	3.7 / 2.9	4.0 / 3.1	4.1 / 3.3^e
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	11	12	10^e
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	50	53	54^e
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	935	1 151	1 383^d
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	9	9.6	9.6^f
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	1.26	0.62	0.14^d

Footnotes

a		Including Agalega, Rodrigues and Saint Brandon.
b		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
c		Excluding the islands of Saint Brandon and Agalega.
d		2019
e		2018
f		2020
g		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Excludes publishing activities.
i		Includes irrigation canals.
j		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
k		Estimate.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Refers to foreign citizens.
o		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
p		Population aged 5 years and over.
q		Overestimated or based on overestimated data.
r		Based on R&D budget instead of R&D expenditure.
s		2005
t		Break in the time series.
u		Excluding business enterprise.
v		2012