International Rankings of Seychelles 2023, 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	148	34966	2020
Internet users - percent of population	26	82 %	2021
Internet users - total	188	90200	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	41	18	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	169	18768	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	8	173	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	180	184161	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	184	586.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	183	601.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	35	0.5 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	95	154.259 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	136	4.802 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	164	1.751 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	194	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	141	52.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	178	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	56	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	126	2.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	148	13.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	20	83.7 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	96	32.1 %	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	109	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
Imports	178	1.821 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	102	3.63 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	34	8.28 %	2020
Labor force	193	51000 US Dollars	2018
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	126	3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	49	23 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	38	74 %	2006
Population below poverty line	65	25.3 %	2018
Public debt	67	63.6 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	192	2.855 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	43	7.86 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	70	28800 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	157	702.585 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	24	31.52 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	182	3 %	2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	98	15.6	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	74	17.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	83	16.5	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	169	1.156 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	172	463.894 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	175	157000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	173	30.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	6	99.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	60	0.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	29	163.060 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	164	7500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	156	7225 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	160	0.61 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	177	0.1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	103	18.72 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	181	6.5	2018
Land use - arable land	141	2.2	2018
Land use - forest	2	88.5	2018
Land use - other	177	5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	48	4.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	89	0.09 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	179	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	141	900000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	97	3.800 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	112	10.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	110	0.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	97	58.8	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	199	455 sq km	0
Area - total	200	455 sq km	0
Area - water	192	0198 sq km	0
Coastline	110	491 km	0
Elevation - highest point	146	905 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	154	3 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	181	6.5	2018
Land use - arable land	141	2.2	2018
Land use - forest	2	88.5	2018
Land use - other	177	5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	48	4.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Military
Military expenditures	39	1.4 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	22	4.11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	44	0.25 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	8	4.62 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	27	9.48 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	62	0.49 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	147	12.1 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	78	3.6 %	2012
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	54	6.4 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	142	45 %	2023
Death rate	110	6.9 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	98	11.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	77	8.7 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	145	45 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	108	33.6 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	66	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	70	3.8 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	34	5.2 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	80	0.89 %	2023
Hospital bed density	36	3.6 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	140	7.6 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	121	13.07 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	133	10.38 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	71	80.89 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	120	71.96 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	94	76.36 years	0
Literacy - female	28	96.4 %	2018
Literacy - male	32	95.4 %	0
Literacy - total population	32	95.9 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	119	3 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	62	37.4 years	2020
Median age - male	54	36.3 years	0
Median age - total	54	36.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	66	0.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	96	14 %	2016
Physicians density	72	2.25 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	198	97617	2023
Population growth rate	109	0.6 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	121	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	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	8	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	9	1.14 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	38	0.75 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	11	1.08 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	67	6.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	56	34 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	69	20.2 %	2020
Total fertility rate	102	1.81 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	110	0.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	97	58.8	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	98	15.6	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	74	17.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	83	16.5	0
Transportation
Airports	110	14	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	91	71000	3280
Heliports	25	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	121	31	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	91	7.790 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	120	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	140	514 km	2015
Roadways - total	168	526 km	2015
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Seychelles 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Seychelles 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.