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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	12 007	11 408	14 397^d
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.7	-14.5	7^d
GDP per capita (current US$)	9 292.0	8 890.0	11 304.0^d
Economy: Agriculture^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	3.5	3.6	4.4^d
Economy: Industry^g,i (% of Gross Value Added)	21.9	18.9	21.4^d
Economy: Services and other activity^g,j (% of GVA)	74.6	77.5	74.2^d
Employment in agriculture^k (% of employed)	7.5	5.3	5.3^d
Employment in industry^k (% of employed)	25.3	23.4	23^d
Employment in services^k (% employed)	67.1	71.3	71.7^d
Unemployment (% of labour force)	7.4	8.6	5.4^k
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	46.4 / 74.3	43.5 / 68.5^k	42.5 / 68.1^k
CPI: Consumer Price Index^l (2010=100)	120	133	164^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	80	93^d
International trade: exports (million current US$)	2 481	1 544	1 720^f
International trade: imports (million current US$)	4 458	4 224	6 650^f
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 977	- 2 680	- 4 930^f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-417	- 1 003	-648^d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	-~0.0	-0.2	-0.2^a
Urban population^b (% of total population)	41	40.8^m	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.1^b,n	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	1.3	1.4	1.2^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	77.9 / 71.6	78.4 / 71.3	78.5 / 72.3^a
Population age distribution^b,o (0-14/60+ years old, %)	18.9 / 14.0	16.4 / 17.2	14.5 / 20.5^a
International migrant stock^p (000/% of total pop.)	28.6 / 2.2	28.9 / 2.3	29.1 / 2.3^f
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	...	~0.0	~0.0^f
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	14.2	15.8	13^a
Health: Current expenditure^q (% of GDP)	5.6	6.1	5.8^r
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2	2.7	1.4^r
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^k (f/m per 100 pop.)	97.9 / 96.8	95.4 / 94.6	111.7 / 110.2^d
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^k (f/m per 100 pop.)	106.3 / 109.7	106.4 / 108.3	106.4 / 111.2^s
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	88.1 / 78.9^k	81.3 / 73.8^k	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.6	2.7	2.3^r
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	11.6	20^t	17.9^t

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	50.1^k	67.7^u	79.5^k,u,d
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.2^v,w,x	0.4	0.3^r
Threatened species (number)	249	272	369^f
Forested area (% of land area)	19.2	19.4	19.5^r
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	4.3 / 3.4	3.9 / 3.0	4.4 / 3.5^r
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	12	8	7^r
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	52	45	50^r
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	1 151	309	997^r
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	9.6	9.6	9.6^f
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.63	2.82	0.64^d

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		Including Agalega, Rodrigues and Saint Brandon.
c		Excluding the islands of Saint Brandon and Agalega.
d		2023
e		2018
f		2024
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
i		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
j		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
k		Estimate.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
m		2019
n		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
o		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
p		Refers to foreign citizens.
q		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
r		2022
s		2021
t		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
u		Population aged 5 years and over.
v		Excluding business enterprise.
w		Break in the time series.
x		2012