Mauritius Adheres to the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standard Plus
IMF News, March 16, 2026
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- Published: March 16, 2026
Key facts and milestone
- Press Release No. 26/077
- Date: March 16, 2026
- Mauritius has adhered to the IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) Plus.
- Mauritius is the first country in Africa and the 32nd country globally to achieve SDDS Plus adherence.
Significance and expected benefits
- By adhering to the SDDS Plus, Mauritius meets the most rigorous standards for the dissemination of essential macroeconomic and financial data on the state of the economy and its financial linkages, as established in the IMF’s Data Standards Initiatives.
- Enhanced data transparency is expected to:
- Support market efficiency.
- Improve the quality of economic policymaking.
- Strengthen accountability by enabling richer, more informed debate and analysis of economic policy issues.
- The IMF notes that Mauritius’s adherence "supports more robust macroeconomic and financial analysis and could reinforce its credibility in international capital markets."
New and expanded data commitments under SDDS Plus
- With the upgrade from SDDS to SDDS Plus, Mauritius is committed to disseminating new data categories on a more regular basis, including:
- Other Financial Corporations Survey
- Financial Soundness Indicators
- Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey
- Coordinated Direct Investment Survey
- "among others"
- Mauritius will publish more granular information on several data categories that it currently provides under the SDDS.
Metadata, accessibility, and machine readability
- A comprehensive and up-to-date description of all disseminated data is available on Mauritius’s National Summary Data Page (NSDP).
- This metadata provides a standardized framework for assessing data quality and facilitates cross-country comparability.
- All data series are also available in a machine-readable format.
- Detailed information on Mauritius’s SDDS Plus data—including an advance release calendar—are accessible through the IMF’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB).
Institutional context and IMF commentary
- Bert Kroese, Chief Statistician and Data Officer and Director of the IMF’s Statistics Department, said: “Mauritius’s adherence supports more robust macroeconomic and financial analysis and could reinforce its credibility in international capital markets.” He added: “I hope the achievement encourages more countries to make the transition to SDDS Plus.”
- The IMF Data Standards Initiatives:
- Were established in the mid-1990s to enhance member countries’ data transparency as a global public good and promote the development of sound statistical systems.
- Were motivated by information deficiencies highlighted by the financial crises of the mid- and late-1990s.
- Include the SDDS Plus, the SDDS, and the Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS).
- Have been reviewed by the IMF Executive Board, which "acknowledged the progress made by several countries in adhering to the SDDS Plus since its introduction in 2015 and encouraged more countries to make the transition."
Media contact
- IMF Communications Department, MEDIA RELATIONS
- PRESS OFFICER: Pemba Sherpa
- Phone: +1 202 623-7100
- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org
- @IMFSpokesperson
Source: IMF press release — "Mauritius Adheres to the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standard Plus" (Press Release No. 26/077, March 16, 2026).