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Mayotte

2025 Edition · 64 data fields

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Geography

Area

land
50 sq km
total
374 sq km

Continent

Africa

Geographic coordinates

-12.83333333, 45.16666666

Land boundaries

border countries
SXM
number of neighbors
1

Land use

forest
24.8%

Landlocked

No

Map links

Google Maps
https://goo.gl/maps/1e7MXmfBwQv3TQGF7
OpenStreetMap
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1259885

Map references

Africa

Subregion

Eastern Africa

Time zone

UTC+03:00
number of time zones
1

People and Society

Age structure

0-14 years
21.34%
15-64 years
60.26%
65 years and over
18.41%

Birth rate

17 births/1,000 population

Death rate

9 deaths/1,000 population
adult female
37 per 1,000
adult male
79 per 1,000

Dependency ratios

elderly dependency ratio
30.54%
total dependency ratio
65.95%
youth dependency ratio
35.41%

Drinking water source

improved total
96.63%

Languages

languages
French
number of languages
1

Life expectancy at birth

female
84 years
male
77 years
total population
80 years

Mother's mean age at first birth

14 births/1,000 women 15-19

Nationality

adjective
Mahoran
noun
Mahoran

Net migration rate

-1,170 migrants

Population

total
320,901

Population growth rate

-5.17%

Total fertility rate

3 children born/woman

Urbanization

urban population
100%

Government

Capital

geographic coordinates
-12.78, 45.22
name
Mamoudzou

Country name

alternative spellings
YT, Department of Mayotte, Département de Mayotte
conventional long form
Department of Mayotte
local long form (fra)
Département de Mayotte

Flag description

The flag of Mayotte bears a white field with the national coat of arms in the center and the country's name in red above it. The coat of arms consists of a shield supported by two seahorses and the national motto in a banner below it. The shield has a white fringe and bears a blue field with an upwards-facing white crescent on the top half and a red field with two yellow ylang-ylang flowers on the bottom half.

Flag image

svg
https://flagcdn.com/yt.svg

Independence

No

Start of week

Monday

UN Member

No

Economy

Currency

code
EUR
name
euro (EUR) [€]

GDP (official exchange rate)

$649.21 million

GDP per capita (nominal)

$21,668

Real GDP growth rate

4.9%

Energy

Electricity generation sources

fossil fuels
99.19%
hydroelectric
0%
nuclear
0%
renewable
0.81%

Communications

Internet country code

.yt

Postal code format

#####

Telephone calling code

+262

Transportation

Driving side

Right

Vehicle registration code

F

Environment

Protected areas

92 % of total land area

Renewable electricity output

1 % of total

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