Contribution of ICT sector to GDP
1. The ICT sector comprises ICT-related activities of Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Wholesale and retail trade, and Business services as call centres, software development and website development. In 2007, value added generated by telecommunications activities represented 66% of the total value added of the sector, wholesale & retail trade 13% and the remaining activities 21%.

2. Value added generated by the sector in 2007 was R 11.7 billion, 18.2% more than the 2006 figure of R 9.9 billion while the contribution to the GDP was 5.7% compared to 5.5% in 2006. In 2007, real growth rate of the sector was 14.6%.

Imports and Exports of ICT goods
3. Available data indicate that the imports of ICT goods decreased by 57.9% to R 5.9 billion in 2007 from R 14.0 billion in 2006 while imports of ICT services was R 1.0 billion, the same level as in 2006. Exports of ICT goods including re-exports decreased by 88.9% to R 1.1 billion in 2007 from R 9.9 billion in 2006 whereas exports of ICT services went up by 20.0% to R 1.8 billion from R 1.5 billion during the same period.

Employment
4. The number of large establishments operating in the ICT sector was 125 in 2007, compared to 116 in 2006. Employment in these establishments stood at 10,390 in 2007, 27.0% more than the figure of 8,180 in 2006.

Fixed telephone lines
5. In 2007, the number of fixed telephone lines was 361,300, 1.1% higher than the 2006 figure of 357,300. Teledensity defined as the number of fixed telephone lines per 100 inhabitants which was 28.4 in 2006 edged up to 28.6 in 2007.

Mobile cellular subscribers
6. The number of mobile cellular subscribers increased by 20.2% to attain 928,600 in 2007 from 772,400 in 2006. Mobidensity or the number of mobile cellular phones per 100 inhabitants increased by 19.3 % reaching 73.4 in 2007 compared to 61.5 in 2006.

Internet subscribers
7. The number of internet subscribers at the end of 2007 reached 166,000, representing an increase of 15.7% compared to the figure of 143,500 at the end of 2006. The number of internet subscribers per 100 inhabitants worked out to 13.1 in 2007 compared to 11.4 in 2006.

Digital Opportunity Index (DOI)
8. The DOI is a composite index that measures “digital opportunity” or the possibility for citizens of a country to benefit from access to information. The DOI for Mauritius improved to 0.56 in 2007 from 0.50 in 2006.

9. According to DOI figures compiled by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for 2006 for 181 countries, Mauritius ranked 58th with a DOI of 0.50 while Republic of Korea with the highest DOI of 0.80 ranked first. It is noted that Mauritius ranked highest among African countries.

August 2008

More : Economic and Social Indicator - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) statistics - 2007

Introduction

Table 1 - ICT infrastructure as at end of year, 2003 - 2007

Table 2 - ICT access as at end of year, 2003 - 2007

Table 3 - Internet subscribers by type of access as at end of year, 2003 - 2007

Table 4 - Selected telephone and Internet tariffs as at end of year, 2003- 2007

Table 5 - Local and International telephone calls, 2005 - 2007

Table 6: Availability of ICT to households, 2006

Table 7: Percentage distribution of persons aged 12 years and above using computer and internet by age-group , 2006

Table 8 - ICT usage in education, 2005 - 2007

Table 9 - ICT usage in business 1 by industrial sector 2, 2006

Table 10 - Establishments, employment and value added in the ICT sector, 2003 - 2007

Table 11 - Digital Opportunity Index, 2003 - 2007

Table 12 - Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) for selected countries, 2005-2006

Annex

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