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Cross-border banking exposure / Mauritius

What the world’s banks lend to Mauritius

The funding view: cross-border claims of BIS-reporting banks on Mauritius, from the locational statistics (LBS, by lender residence), with the consolidated claims by bank nationality (CBS) alongside. BIS-reporting banks held $23.77B of cross-border claims on Mauritius in Q4 2025, up from $17M when the series begins in Q4 1977.

$23.77B
LBS cross-border claims
Q4 2025, all reporters
+$1.83B
Change since 2019
+8.3% vs Q4 2019
$22.51B
LBS liabilities to Mauritius
Q4 2025, banks’ funding from
$16.91B
CBS international claims
Q4 2025, nationality basis

Cross-border claims on Mauritius, Q4 1977Q4 2025

LBS cross-border claims of all reporting banks on Mauritius, in USD billions, quarterly. The GFC and COVID quarters are shaded. This is the residence view, where a claim counts by where the lending bank sits, so a claim on Mauritius booked from any reporting jurisdiction is included.

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Source: BIS Locational Banking Statistics (WS_LBS_D_PUB), BIS Data Portal (data.bis.org). Selection: cross-border claims (measure C), all reporting countries (5A) vs Mauritius as counterparty, all instruments, all currencies, all counterparty sectors, quarterly, amounts outstanding. License: free with “Source: BIS” attribution. Values shown in USD billions; raw BIS unit is USD millions. Methodology

Consolidated claims by bank nationality

CBS international claims on Mauritius in Q4 2025, broken out by the nationality of the lending banks (where the parent is headquartered, worldwide-consolidated, immediate-counterparty basis). The top 5 reporting banking systems shown account for $8.41B of the $16.91B consolidated total. This is a different measure from the residence-based claims above and is not additive with them.

Bank nationalityInternational claims
GBR United Kingdom$3.96B
FRA France$2.35B
CHE Switzerland$928M
IND India$803M
ESP Spain$364M

Source: BIS Consolidated Banking Statistics (WS_CBS_PUB), BIS Data Portal (data.bis.org). Selection: international claims (measure I, domestic banks 4B, immediate-counterparty basis F), individual reporting banking system by nationality vs Mauritius as counterparty, latest quarter, amounts outstanding. License: free with “Source: BIS” attribution. CBS carries claims only; it has no liabilities measure by design. Methodology

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