Seychelles
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 122.7K (2025). World rank 187 of 216; in Africa, 54 of 54. Area: 452 km². World rank 203 of 249; in Africa, 56 of 59. GDP: $2.4B (2025). World rank 186 of 210; in Africa, 50 of 52. From 2015 to 2025: population 93.4K → 122.7K, GDP $1.4B → $2.4B, and GDP per person $15,333 → $19,449.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Seychelles
- Local name
- Sesel
- Capital
- Victoria
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Patrick Herminie
- Head of government
- Patrick Herminie
- Independence
- June 29, 1976
- Women in parliament
- 26.5% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 122,730 2025
- Area
- 452 km²
- GDP
- $2.4B 2025
- GDP per person
- $19,449 2025
- Life expectancy
- 76.3 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Seychellois Creole, English, French
- Currency
- Seychellois Rupee (SCR)
- Time zones
- UTC+4
- Calling code
- +248
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 133, 151, 999
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- G
- Mains voltage
- 240 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 491
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 3.4% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Morne Seychellois, 905 m
- Lowest point
- Indian Ocean, 0 m
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 27
- Warmest month in the capital
- April, 29°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- July, 26°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 2,330 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 271.5 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1.1% 2025
- Living in cities
- 45.5% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +1.6K 2025
- Born in another country
- 10.2% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 19.8% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 71.5% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 8.8% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 80.7 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 72.1 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.9 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 11 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 7 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 76.2%, Protestant 10.5%, other Christian 3.5%, Hindu 2.4%, and Muslim 1.6% (2010)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 68.2 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 72.8 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 68 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 60.9 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 70.2 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $35,854 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +5.8% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $19,200 2025
- Inflation
- +0.3% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 54 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 2.6% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 14.4% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 67.9% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 79.6% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 92.7% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -5.7% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +10% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.5% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 22.1% 2008
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 32.1 2018
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.7% 2018
Education
- Adult literacy
- 94% 2010
- Primary school enrolment
- 93.4% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 70.8% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 14.5% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4.5% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4.5% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $766 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 28% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 6.6 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 7.3 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.6 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 97% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 12.9 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 14 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 42 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 9.3% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 60.8% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 17.3% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 97.7% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99.7% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 99% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 8 2022
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 11.3 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 4.3 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 86.1 2025
- Natural hazards
- tropical cyclones and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 9.3 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 7.2 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 8.1 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 58.5% 2024
- Protected areas
- 32.6% 2025
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 87.8% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 126 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 31.6 2024
- Internet domain
- .sc
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 1.9% 2022
- Electricity from renewables
- 4.5% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 95.5% 2021
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 236,917 2023
- Airports
- 16 2025
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.2% 2016
- Researchers per million people
- 147 2005
- Scientific articles per year
- 15 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 1 2023
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 0.1% 2024