## Mauritius: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes—Data Module

_IMF Staff Country Reports, December 22, 2025_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: December 22, 2025
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229029902.002

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### Overview
- Presents the Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes—Data Module for Mauritius, including the Response by the Authorities and the Detailed Assessments Using the Data Quality Assessment Framework.
- Main conclusions emphasize a strong legal foundation for official statistics, broad alignment with international statistical standards, and generally sound data accuracy and reliability, alongside targeted areas for enhancement.

### Legal and Institutional Framework
- Mauritius’ Statistics Act provides a strong legal foundation for official statistics.
- Reforms underway aim to further enhance:
  - independence,
  - transparency, and
  - data integrity.
- Recommended enhancements include:
  - strengthening the professional independence of the Statistics Mauritius Director,
  - modernizing provisions for data sharing,
  - improving access to administrative data.

### Data Quality, Standards, and Sources
- Macroeconomic statistics are broadly aligned with international statistical standards across all major domains.
- Foundation for data accuracy and reliability is supported by:
  - long time series,
  - regular publications,
  - broadly adequate source data.
- Some areas for improvement remain (specific domains and measures are detailed in the full assessments).

### User Feedback and Governance
- Users of Mauritius statistics expressed overall satisfaction with the quality of official statistics.
- Users emphasized the importance of strengthening:
  - independence of the statistical system, and
  - governance arrangements to safeguard credibility and transparency.

### Key Recommendations and Policy Actions
- Strengthen professional independence of the Statistics Mauritius Director.
- Modernize legal and operational provisions for data sharing and access to administrative data.
- Continue reforms to enhance transparency and data integrity across the statistical system.
- Maintain and build on existing practices that support long time series, regular publications, and source-data adequacy.

*Source: Mauritius: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes—Data Module (IMF Staff Country Report No. 2025/342, December 22, 2025).*

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