International Rankings of Seychelles 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Seychelles, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Seychelles, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	49	28.38	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	146	26974	0
Internet users - percent of population	116	58.77 %	2018
Internet users - total	189	55616	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	70	21.17	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	173	20122	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	5	203.78	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	179	193672	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	183	600.700 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	178	593.400 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	35	0.5 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	97	51.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	80	61.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	93	78.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	73	71.8	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	188	1.748 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	20	79.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	9	34.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	139	52.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	174	93.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	39	26.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	126	2.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	143	13.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	18	83.7 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	108	15.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2007
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	9	4.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	64	2.3 %	2017
Labor force	185	51000 US Dollars	2018
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	124	3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	48	23 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	35	74 %	2006
Population below poverty line	64	25.3	2018
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	179	2.852 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	51	29223 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	42	39.6 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	160	1.150 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	177	325.500 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	10	91	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	32	9	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	179	88000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	167	350.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	132	7300	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	151	7225 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	156	0.61 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	173	0.1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	100	18.72 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	176	6.5	2018
Land use - arable land	137	2.2	2018
Land use - forest	2	88.5	2018
Land use - other	173	5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	48	4.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	86	0.09 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	179	0	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	166	900000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	150	3.800 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	167	9.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	109	0.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	103	58	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	195	455 sq km	0
Area - total	195	455 sq km	0
Area - water	180	0198 sq km	0
Coastline	105	491 km	0
Elevation - highest point	134	905 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	143	3 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	176	6.5	2018
Land use - arable land	137	2.2	2018
Land use - forest	2	88.5	2018
Land use - other	173	5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	48	4.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Total renewable water resources	178	0	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	142	12.39 %	5607
Age structure - 25-54 years	9	49.03 %	1851
Age structure - 55-64 years	75	11.46 %	5455
Birth rate	135	12.63 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	59	5.1 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	110	6.83 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	75	11.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	79	8.5 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	121	46.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	99	34.9 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	32	96.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	100	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - unimproved	39	3.8 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	35	4.4 % of GDP	2016
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	33	3.6 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	136	7.93 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	117	13.64 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	128	10.83 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	64	80.43 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	115	71.39 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	97	75.84 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	114	N/A	2021
Median age - female	59	37.4 years	2020
Median age - male	50	36.3 years	0
Median age - total	52	36.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	59	0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	95	14 %	2016
Physicians density	76	2.12 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	191	96387	2021
Population growth rate	109	0.67 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	114	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	6	16 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	12	1.12	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	11	1.15	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	20	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	41	0.7 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	10	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	102	1.82 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	107	9	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	91	10.3	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	103	9.7	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	109	0.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	103	58	2021
Transportation
Airports	109	14	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	39	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	39	5	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	71	7	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	56	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	89	7	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	62	5	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	90	7.790 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	118	455201	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	95	7	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	136	514 km	2015
Roadways - total	149	526 km	2015
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Seychelles on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Seychelles 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Seychelles 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.