International Rankings of Seychelles 2024, 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	36.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	148	34966	2020
Internet users - percent of population	26	82.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	188	90200	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	41	18.00	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	176	19027	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	5	192.00	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	181	205140	2022
Economy
Budget - expenditures	184	586.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	183	601.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	35	0.50 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	96	154.259 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	137	4.802 billion US Dollars	2019
Exchange rates	84	16.92	N/A
Exports	163	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	79.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	9	34.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	141	52.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	178	93.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	39	26.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	126	2.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	148	13.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	20	83.70 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	96	32 %	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	109	15.40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2007
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	9	4.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
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
Population below poverty line	65	25 %	2018
Public debt	70	63.60 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	192	2.855 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	44	7.86 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	70	28800 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	125	1	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	157	702.585 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	24	31.52 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	182	3.00 %	2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	98	15.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	74	17.50 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	83	16.50 %	2020
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	169	1.156 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	171	1.156 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	172	463.894 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	175	157000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	173	30.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	6	99.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	60	0.90 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	29	163.060 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	164	7500 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	156	7225 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	160	1 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	94	17 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	181	7	2018
Land use - arable land	141	2	2018
Land use - forest	2	89	2018
Land use - permanent crops	48	4	2018
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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	97	59	2023
Geography
Area - land	198	455 sq km	N/A
Area - total	201	455 sq km	N/A
Coastline	110	491 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	140	905 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	154	3 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	181	7	2018
Land use - arable land	141	2	2018
Land use - forest	2	89	2018
Land use - permanent crops	48	4	2018
Population Density	67	214.54 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	35	1 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	22	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	8	5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	27	9 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	116	12.10 births/1,000 population	2023
Current health expenditure	54	6 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	142	45 %	2023
Death rate	59	6.90 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	98	11.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	77	8.70 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	145	45.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	108	33.60 %	N/A
Drinking water source - total	70	4 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	34	5 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	81	0.89 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	122	7.60 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	107	13.10 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	114	10.40 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	46	81 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	81	72 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	65	76 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	28	96 %	2018
Literacy - male	32	95 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	32	96 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	119	3.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	60	39 years	N/A
Median age - male	52	38 years	N/A
Median age - total	48	38 years	2023
Net migration rate	51	0.80 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	96	14.00 %	2016
Physicians density	72	2.25 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	197	97617	2023
Population growth rate	111	0.60 %	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	9	1.14 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	38	0.75 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	11	1.08 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	107	1.81 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	110	0.99	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	97	59	2023
Transportation
Airports	111	16	2024
Heliports	60	6	2024
Merchant marine - total	119	30	2023
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	7.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Roadways - paved	108	514 km	2015
Roadways - total	122	526 km	2015

*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 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Seychelles 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Seychelles 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.