Insurance and Financial Services (As % of Service Imports, BoP) in Mauritius

Insurance and financial services as a percentage of service imports from the balance of payment reached 4.19 % in 2016 in Mauritius, according to the National Central Bank / OECD. This is 21 % less than in the previous year.

Historically, insurance and financial services as a percentage of service imports from the balance of payment in Mauritius reached an all time high of 12.1 % in 2011 and an all time low of -30.2 % in 1976. When compared to Mauritius's main peers, insurance and financial services as a percentage of service imports from the balance of payment in Madagascar amounted to 0.526 %, 4.55 % in Maldives and 1.92 % in Seychelles in 2016.

Mauritius has been ranked 103rd within the group of 160 countries we follow in terms of insurance and financial services as a percentage of service imports from the balance of payment, 14 places behind the position seen 10 years ago.

Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) cover various types of insurance provided to residents by non-resident insurance enterprises and vice versa, and financial intermediary and auxiliary services (except those of insurance enterprises and pension funds) exchanged between residents and non-residents.