The International Monetary Fund announced that Mauritius has adhered to the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) Plus, the highest tier of the IMF’s Data Standards Initiatives, making it the first country in Africa and the 32nd globally to do so. The upgrade from SDDS to SDDS Plus commits Mauritius to meeting more demanding requirements for disseminating essential macroeconomic and financial data. The SDDS Plus adherence includes more regular publication of additional data categories such as the Other Financial Corporations Survey, Financial Soundness Indicators, the Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey, and the Coordinated Direct Investment Survey, alongside more granular reporting for several existing SDDS categories. A comprehensive description of disseminated data is published on Mauritius’s National Summary Data Page, with all series available in a machine-readable format, and the IMF’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board provides access to Mauritius’s SDDS Plus data and its advance release calendar.
International Monetary Fund 2026-03-16
International Monetary Fund reports Mauritius becomes first African country to adhere to the Special Data Dissemination Standard Plus
Mauritius has adhered to the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) Plus, becoming the first African nation and the 32nd globally to do so. This upgrade requires Mauritius to meet more stringent requirements for macroeconomic and financial data dissemination, including additional data categories and more detailed reporting. The data is accessible via Mauritius’s National Summary Data Page and the IMF’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board.