Seychelles Seychelles

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Seychelles, is a country located at Eastern Africa, it has an area of 460 Km2 so it is one of the smallest countries in the world.

Seychelles, with a population of 99,258 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and has a population density of 216 people per km2.

It's capital is Victoria and its currency is Seychellois rupees

Seychelles is holding the 180 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2021 was 897 millions of euros (1,062 millions of dollars), ( 70.73% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €9,038 euros per inhabitant$10,697 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Seychelles was on October of 2022 and it was 2.9%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Seychelles, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.785 points in 2021, leaving it in 72th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Seychelles are business, you must know it's in the 100th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Seychelles, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Victoria: Monthly Temp.
Victoria: Monthly Rainfall
Seychelles Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€1,508M
Annual GDP [+]2022$1,588M
GDP per capita [+]2022€15,198
GDP per capita [+]2022$16,003
Debt (M.€.) [+]2021897
Debt ($M) [+]20211,062
Debt (%GDP) [+]202170.73%
Debt Per Capita [+]2021€9,038
Debt Per Capita [+]2021$10,697
Deficit (M.€) [+]2021-68
Deficit ($M) [+]2021-81
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2021-5.37%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2021486.8
Expenditure ($M) [+]2021576.1
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]202062.3
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]202071.1
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202110.48%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]201754.2
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]201761.3
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201710.14%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202220.8
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202221.9
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20223.20%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202138.38%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021€4,904
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021$5,804
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€633
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$722
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€512
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$578
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€210
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$221
Fitch Rating [+]10/21/2022BB-
Corruption Index [+]202270
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201976º
Fragile States Index [+]201856.8
RTI Raking [+]202228º
Innovation Ranking [+]201565º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2020Q43.4%
Unemployed [+]2020Q42K
NMW [+]2022$464.8
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]October 20222.9%
Business
Doing Business [+]2020100º
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202127.9%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2019384,204
Exports [+]2021€349.9M
Exports [+]2021$413.9M
Exports % GDP [+]202127.59%
Imports [+]2021€934.0M
Imports [+]2021$1,104.6M
Imports % GDP [+]202173.64%
Trade balance [+]2021€-584.0M
Trade balance [+]2021$-690.7M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-46.05%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]2021216
Remittance received ($M) [+]201723.6
% Immigrant [+]202013.25%
% Emigrant [+]202029.72%
Birth Rate [+]202116.80‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201752.5
Crude death rate [+]20219.30‰
Fertility Rate [+]20212.46
% risk of poverty [+]201825.3%
Population [+]202199,258
Immigrant stock [+]202013,050
Emigrant stock [+]202029,258
HDI [+]20210.785
Life expectancy [+]202173.40
Suicides [+]20159
Suicide rate [+]20159.64
Number of homicides [+]20215
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20214.70
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]202110.79
Consumption GWh [+]2021613
Generation GWh [+]2021643
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/2024172
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/202451,220
Fully vaccinated [+]04/09/202383,565
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/20241,732.86
Doses administered [+]04/09/2023224,558