Seychelles
General information
Capital: Victoria
Currency unit: Seychelles rupee
Official language: English, French
Area: 460 km²
Population in million: 96,762.0
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 16,434
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 30,557
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 70.3
Annual growth rate of the population: 1.0 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 12.4 %
Life expectancy at birth: 74.3 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 96 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 1,590,180,000.00
Agriculture value added of GDP: 2.0
Industry value added of GDP: 10.9
Services value added of GDP: 4.8
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 703,153.00
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 1,345,500.00
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Hydraulic cements (2.69 %)
Instruments used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences (0.90 %)
Medicaments (0.10 %)
Articles of jewellery (0.05 %)
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 (63.21 %)
Frozen fish (24.79 %)
Fats and oils (1.18 %)
Animal meals, unfit for human consumption (0.78 %)
Fish fillets (0.58 %)
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: 88 | 88 | |
| Price competitiveness Seychelles: 73 | 73 | |
| Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities Seychelles: 59 | 59 | |
| Revealed competitivenes and economic performances Seychelles: - | - |
National attractiveness
| 2018 | Seychelles | |
|---|---|---|
| National attractiveness | 88 | |
| Infrastructures Seychelles: 73 | 73 | |
| Market Seychelles: 93 | 93 | |
| Human and financial capital Seychelles: 69 | 69 | |
| Political and economic governance Seychelles: 75 | 75 |
Price competitiveness
| Seychelles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Price competitiveness | 73 | |
| Macroeconomic competitiveness Seychelles: - | - | |
| Products competitiveness Seychelles: - | - |
Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities
| 2018 | Seychelles | |
|---|---|---|
| Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities | 59 | |
| Economical vulnerability Seychelles: 46 | 46 | |
| Physical Vulnerability to Climate Change Index (PVCCI) Seychelles: 51 | 51 | |
| Internal Violence Index (IVI) Seychelles: 1 | 1 |
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: 420 | 420 | |
| Weighted market shares index of the 5 major exported manufactured products Seychelles: 944 | 944 |