competitiveness, investment climate, governance and freest economy, the Gross Domestic Product estimate was at $20.225 billion and GDP per capita income over $15,595 in 2012, one of the highest in Africa. Mauritius is a upper middle income economy with its GNI per capita at US$8,230 in 2011. For the fourth consecutive year, the World Bank’s 2012 Ease of Doing Business report ranks Mauritius first among African economies and 23rd worldwide out of 183 economies in terms of ease of doing business. Mauritius has built its success on a free market economy, according to the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom, Mauritius leads Africa in economic freedom and is ranked 8th worldwide. The report’s ranking of 183 countries is based on measures of economic openness, regulatory efficiency, rule of law, and competitiveness. Mauritius is the largest foreign investor in India, FDI inflows to India, from April 2000 to December 2011 amounts to US$62,470.80 million which account for more than 39% of total inflow. Mauritius's real GDP growth rate remains strong although it is estimated to have marginally slowed down to 4.1% in 2011 from 4.2% in 2010, with projections showing moderate growth at 4.0% in 2012 as the euro area, the country’s main export destination, falls into another recession
