Mauritius vs Taiwan: Economic Indicators Comparison

Taiwan with a GDP of $585.8B ranked the 21st largest economy in the world, while Mauritius ranked 128th with $14.2B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Taiwan and Mauritius ranked 115th vs 60th and 38th vs 69th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Mauritius	Taiwan
GDP	$14.2B	$585.8B
GDP growth, 1 year	3.8%	2.6%
GDP growth, 5-years average	3.7%	2.4%
Population	1.3M	23.6M
GDP per capita	$11k	$25k
GDP per capita growth	3.72%	N/A
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	16.06	N/A
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.47	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$24k	$53k
GNI, Atlas method	$15.2B	N/A
GNI per capita	$12k	N/A
GNI, PPP adjusted	$33B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$26k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Mauritius	Taiwan
Income Tax Rate	15%	45%
Corporate Tax Rate	15%	20%
Inflation, consumer prices	3.2%	1.5%
Inflation, GDP deflator	1.7%	N/A
Unemployment	6.9%	3.7%
Economic Freedom Index	74.9	77.1
Personal Freedom Index	8.39	8.09
Human Freedom Index	8.18	7.79
Property Rights Index	75.8	86.9
Judical Effectiveness Index	62.6	70.1
Business Freedom Index	82.5	93.9
Fiscal Health Index	79.3	91
Labor Freedom Index	60.2	60.3
Investment Freedom Index	80	60
Financial Freedom Index	70	60
Trade Freedom Index	88.2	86
Monetary Freedom Index	73.8	82.7
Government Spending Index	82.1	90.5
Tax Burden Index	91.5	75
Government Integrity Index	53.3	68.9
Corruption Perceptions Index	51	63
Life expectancy at birth, years	74.5	80.2
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	7.8	12.5
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	13.7	6.3
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	1.8	0.8
International tourism, number of arrivals	1.4M	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Mauritius	Taiwan
Central government debt, % of GDP	65.2%	35%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	71.8%	N/A
External debt stocks	$11.2B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	75.5%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	23.3%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	-6.4%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	16.8%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	19.1%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$6.4B	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$371.5M	N/A

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Mauritius	Taiwan
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	40.7%	N/A
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	54.2%	N/A
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$815.3M	N/A
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	22.6%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$37.6M	N/A
Personal remittances received	$244.7M	N/A
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	17.6%	N/A
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	2.8%	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$14.2M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$1.1M	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	23.3%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	24.4%	17.8%