Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Mauritius
Mauritius: Net investment in nonfinancial assets was 1.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Mauritius, 1973–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 1.3% for net investment in nonfinancial assets in 2024.
That represents a change of down 21.1% on the previous year and down 54.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net investment in nonfinancial assets in Mauritius peaked at 4.1% in 1977 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2015.
Mauritius ranks 128th of 156 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 52 years of available data.
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 1.7% | — |
| 1974 | 1.4% | -19.0% |
| 1975 | 3.0% | +109.8% |
| 1976 | 2.7% | -8.4% |
| 1977 | 4.1% | +50.8% |
| 1978 | 3.8% | -7.6% |
| 1979 | 3.1% | -18.5% |
| 1980 | 2.9% | -6.1% |
| 1981 | 3.2% | +12.0% |
| 1982 | 2.5% | -23.7% |
| 1983 | 2.0% | -17.9% |
| 1984 | 1.6% | -22.3% |
| 1985 | 2.5% | +59.5% |
| 1986 | 2.1% | -16.9% |
| 1987 | 2.4% | +12.4% |
| 1988 | 2.5% | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 3.0% | +22.3% |
| 1990 | 3.5% | +16.1% |
| 1991 | 3.5% | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 3.9% | +11.7% |
| 1993 | 3.5% | -10.3% |
| 1994 | 3.5% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 3.2% | -9.3% |
| 1996 | 3.0% | -7.0% |
| 1997 | 3.1% | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 1.9% | -38.6% |
| 1999 | 1.1% | -40.4% |
| 2000 | 1.6% | +37.1% |
| 2001 | 2.7% | +72.6% |
| 2002 | 2.9% | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 3.8% | +29.8% |
| 2004 | 3.2% | -15.7% |
| 2005 | 2.4% | -25.1% |
| 2006 | 2.2% | -8.2% |
| 2007 | 1.7% | -21.7% |
| 2008 | 1.8% | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 2.1% | +18.2% |
| 2010 | 3.0% | +41.6% |
| 2011 | 3.3% | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 3.4% | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 3.7% | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 2.9% | -21.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | -70.1% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | +57.3% |
| 2017 | 2.1% | +51.7% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | -17.4% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | +17.4% |
| 2020 | 1.8% | -11.2% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | -9.9% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 1.7% | +10.1% |
| 2024 | 1.3% | -21.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.8% | 1.4% | 4.1% | 7 |
| 1980s | 2.5% | 1.6% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.0% | 1.1% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.4% | 1.6% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 0.9% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 5 |
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More public sector data for Mauritius
- Arms imports 4.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 3.17 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 4.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2022)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 18.47 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0015 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 15.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 23.01 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 2,003 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2022)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 9,983 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net investment in nonfinancial assets in Mauritius?
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Mauritius was 1.3% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 4.1% in 1977.
- What is the lowest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2015.
- How does Mauritius rank for net investment in nonfinancial assets?
- Mauritius ranks 128th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net investment in nonfinancial assets rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Net investment in government nonfinancial assets includes fixed assets, inventories, valuables, and nonproduced assets. Nonfinancial assets are stores of value and provide benefits either through their use in the production of goods and services or in the form of property income and holding gains. Net investment in nonfinancial assets also includes consumption of fixed capital. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.