Economy
Main article: Economy of MayotteThe official currency of Mayotte is the euro.
In 2005, the GDP of Mayotte at market exchange rates was US$1.13 billion (€0.91 billion). In that same year the GDP per capita of Mayotte at market exchange rates, not at PPP, was US$6,500 (€5,200), which was 10 times higher than the GDP per capita of the Comoros that year, but only a third of the GDP per capita of Réunion and 19% of the GDP per capita of Metropolitan France.
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