International Rankings of Seychelles 2022, 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	17	36	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	141	34966	2020
Internet users - percent of population	28	79 %	2020
Internet users - total	172	77785	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	36	19	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	161	18882	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	6	187	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	175	183498	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	178	600.700 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	174	593.400 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	31	0.5 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	183	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	7	34.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	136	52.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	167	93.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	37	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	120	2.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	137	13.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	16	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	63	2.3 %	2017
Labor force	179	51000 US Dollars	2018
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	117	3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	46	23 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	33	74 %	2006
Population below poverty line	62	25.3	2018
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	175	2.400 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	51	24400 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	40	39.6 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	77	15.6	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	59	17.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	66	16.5	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	162	1.156 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	164	463.894 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	167	157000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	166	30.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	5	99.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	58	0.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	29	163.060 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	157	7500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	148	7225 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	154	0.61 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	169	0.1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	98	18.72 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	167	6.5	2018
Land use - arable land	130	2.2	2018
Land use - forest	2	88.5	2018
Land use - other	163	5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	43	4.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	0	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	85	0.09 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	175	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	162	900000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	147	3.800 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	163	9.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	106	0.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	91	58.4	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	184	455 sq km	0
Area - total	185	455 sq km	0
Area - water	171	0198 sq km	0
Coastline	98	491 km	0
Elevation - highest point	130	905 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	147	N/A meters	2022
Irrigated land	147	3 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	167	6.5	2018
Land use - arable land	130	2.2	2018
Land use - forest	2	88.5	2018
Land use - other	163	5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	43	4.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	0	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	135	12.39	5607
Age structure - 25-54 years	8	49.03	1851
Age structure - 55-64 years	70	11.46	5455
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	22	4.11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	43	0.25 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	7	4.62 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	25	9.48 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	59	0.49 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	133	12.37 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	74	3.6 %	2012
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	60	5.2 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	97	6.88 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	89	11.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	76	8.7 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	135	45 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	102	33.6 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	63	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	105	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	67	3.8 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	62	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	32	5.2 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	35	3.6 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	131	7.76 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	112	13.35 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	124	10.6 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	63	80.66 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	107	71.67 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	82	76.1 years	0
Literacy - female	25	96.4 %	2018
Literacy - male	34	95.4 %	0
Literacy - total population	31	95.9 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	113	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2022
Median age - female	57	37.4 years	2020
Median age - male	49	36.3 years	0
Median age - total	49	36.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	60	0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	91	14 %	2016
Physicians density	72	2.25 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	185	97017	2022
Population growth rate	101	0.64 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	93	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	113	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	114	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	93	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	16 years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	10	1.13	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	8	1.17	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	22	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	50	0.47 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	9	1.08 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	63	6.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	53	34 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	65	20.2 %	2020
Total fertility rate	93	1.82 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	106	0.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	91	58.4	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	77	15.6	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	59	17.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	66	16.5	0
Transportation
Airports	108	14	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	38	5	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	69	7	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	56	2	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	87	7	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	62	5	2021
Heliports	22	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	115	27	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	88	7.790 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	116	455201	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	93	7	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	133	514 km	2015
Roadways - total	145	526 km	2015
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Seychelles 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Seychelles 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.