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General Information

Region		Eastern Africa
Population (000, 2021)		902^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		360.7^a
Capital city		Saint-Denis
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		147.2^c
Surface area (km2)		2 510^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		93.8^a
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.8^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Employment in agriculture^f (% of employed)	4.2^e	4.3^g,h	...
Employment in industry^f (% of employed)	14.1^e	12.7^g,h	...
Employment in services^f (% employed)	67.1^e	81.7^g,h	...
Unemployment^f (% of labour force)	28.9	28.9^g,i	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	45.3 / 59.9^f	49.1 / 61.3^f,g,i	... / ...
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	100	105	108^k,d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^l (average annual %)	1	0.8	0.7^d
Urban population (% of total population)	98.5	99.3	99.6^b
Urban population growth rate^l (average annual %)	1.4	0.9	...
Fertility rate, total^l (live births per woman)	2.4	2.4	2.3^d
Life expectancy at birth^l (females/males, years)	81.9 / 74.5	82.9 / 76.0	83.8 / 77.3^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	25.4 / 12.2	24.3 / 15.3	22.0 / 18.9^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	123.0 / 14.8	127.2 / 14.7	131.8 / 14.7^d
Infant mortality rate^l (per 1 000 live births)	5.6	4.2	2.7^d
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.8^m	...	...

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	36.3^n,m	...	...
Threatened species (number)	104	126	151
Forested areaⁿ (% of land area)	37.6	38.3	38.8^c
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	8^o	...	...
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^p (000)	420	426	534^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	47.1	47.1	47.1^d

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2018
d		2020
e		Population aged 15 to 64 years.
f		Excluding the institutional population.
g		Break in the time series.
h		2012
i		2013
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		Average for 10 months excluding data for April and May.
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		2009
n		Estimate.
o		Data after 2010 are included in France.
p		Arrivals by air only.