Seychelles
General information
Capital: Victoria
Currency unit: Seychelles rupee
Official language: English, French
Area: 460 km²
Population in million: 0.1
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 15,505
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 28,964
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 70.3
Annual growth rate of the population: 1.2 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 12.2 %
Life expectancy at birth: 74.3 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 95 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 1.49
Agriculture value added of GDP: 2.0
Industry value added of GDP: 11.4
Services value added of GDP: 71.0
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 0.73
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 1.86
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Hydraulic cements (2.76 %)
Instruments used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences (1.95 %)
Medicaments (0.10 %)
Other breathing appliances and gas masks (0.02 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Prepared or preserved fish (64.44 %)
Frozen fish (25.28 %)
Fats and oils (1.22 %)
Animal meals, unfit for human consumption (0.79 %)
Fish fillets (0.60 %)
Global Sustainable Competitiveness Indicator
The indicator highlights the scores of each of the three pillars of the sustainable competitiveness. A larger area means a higher score (0-100) and therefore a more favorable economic situation.
| Seychelles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Global Sustainable Competitiveness Indicator | - | |
| National attractiveness Seychelles: 81 | 81 | |
| Price competitiveness Seychelles: 89 | 89 | |
| Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities Seychelles: 60 | 60 | |
| Revealed competitivenes and economic performances Seychelles: - | - |
National attractiveness
| 2016 | Seychelles | |
|---|---|---|
| National attractiveness | 81 | |
| Infrastructures Seychelles: 66 | 66 | |
| Market Seychelles: 77 | 77 | |
| Human and financial capital Seychelles: 70 | 70 | |
| Political and economic governance Seychelles: 74 | 74 |
Price competitiveness
| Seychelles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Price competitiveness | 89 | |
| Macroeconomic competitiveness Seychelles: 60 | 60 | |
| Products competitiveness Seychelles: 89 | 89 | |
| Productions factors competitiveness Seychelles: - | - |
Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities
| 2016 | Seychelles | |
|---|---|---|
| Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities | 60 | |
| Economical vulnerability Seychelles: 47 | 47 | |
| Physical Vulnerability to Climate Change Index (PVCCI) Seychelles: 51 | 51 | |
| Internal Violence Index (IVI) Seychelles: 2 | 2 |
Revealed competitivenes and economic performances
| Seychelles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revealed competitivenes and economic performances | - | |
| Weighted market shares index of the 5 major exported primary products (except oil and ores) Seychelles: 415 | 415 | |
| Weighted market shares index of the 5 major exported manufactured products Seychelles: 64 | 64 |