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Seychelles

Seychelles reports more, and more often, than most of the continent. Seven of ten datasets here reach 2025; three stop earlier, and this page shows where.

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Where Seychelles ranks in 2024, of 53 · change since 2014
50thGDP$2.2bn
12thMobile126 per 1009
2ndInternet use87.8%
Last updated 1 Oct 2026 · World Bank · IMF · ITU
No land borders, 491 km of coast.
CapitalVictoriaLanguagesSeychellois Creole, English, FrenchCurrencySeychellois rupee · SCRArea452 km²

At a glance

123,000 people, half of them under 35, in an economy of $2.3bn in 2026, growing 1.5% a year.

Seychelles’s economy is measured monthly and its households are measured by census. That split runs through everything below: exchange rates and market prices arrive within days, while access to water and power is estimated years after the fact.

One of the four figures beside this is modelled rather than reported. The page marks which is which everywhere, so a number you cite is a number you can defend.

How current the record is
7111
Current to 2025To 2024Stop by 2023Nothing held
Population123kpeople · Reported · 2025
Median age34.6years · Modelled · 2026
GDP per capita$17,675current US$ · Reported · 2026
Internet use87.8%of population · Reported · 2024
Coverage — ten datasets, ten years

Seven of ten datasets carry a 2025 figure. Climate stops at 2024; policies stops at 2017; humanitarian holds nothing in this window. Hatching is the absence of a figure, not a low one.

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FX rates
Markets
Trade
Government
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Prices
Power
Climate
Humanitarian
ReportedModelledNo figure
/v1/data?country_code=sc
Goods trade balanceExports and imports, US$ billions
01220142024ImportsExports
Imports have run at roughly 15% above exports over the decade; the band is the deficit.World BankSources →
Where exports goTop destinations, 2025
UAE$0.19bnFrance$0.09bnGermany$0.05bn
UAE takes more of Seychelles’s goods than France and Germany combined.Trade partners recordSources →
Where imports come fromTop origins, 2025
UAE$0.49bnSpain$0.13bnMarshall Isds$0.12bn
UAE alone supplies more than Spain and Marshall Isds together.Trade partners recordSources →
GDP per capitaCurrent US$, not inflation-adjusted
$12k$17k$22k20142024$18,365
Reported every year, including the 2020 dip in dollar terms.IMFSources →
InflationAnnual change in consumer prices
0%5%10%201420240.3%
0.3% in 2024; the decade’s peak was 9.8% in 2021.IMFSources →
Remittances receivedUS$ billions, current prices
00020142024$0.01bn
Flat over the decade in current prices.World BankSources →
Goods exports by value2025 · top categories
Meat$0.25bnMineral fuels$0.18bnFish$0.11bn
Meat alone is 47% of the recorded top categories; services are excluded here.Trade products recordSources →
Public debtGross central government debt, share of GDP
40%70%100%2014202456.1%
Down 14 points since 2014.IMFSources →
Rupee per US dollarAnnual average exchange rate
1015202014202414.5
Lost 20% of its dollar value in 2020, then recovered in 2021.World Bank GEMSources →
Access to electricityShare of population with a connection
05010020142024100.0%
Up 0.0 points over the decade.World BankSources →
Under-five mortalityDeaths before age five, per 1,000 live births
1216202014202414.0
Falling steadily; modelled between census years.WHOSources →
Life expectancy at birthYears
60801002014202476.3 yrs
The 2021 dip is the pandemic, in vermilion.World BankSources →
Mobile subscriptionsPer 100 people · 100 marks parity
10015020020142024126
More subscriptions than people since 2014.World BankSources →
Urban populationShare living in urban areas
30%40%50%2014202445.3%
Reported every year the record allows.World BankSources →
Who holds powerSix heads of state since 1976, and every office beneath the current one as the record holds it
/v1/government/overview/sc
19762026
The executive as of
Oct 2026Where it stands

Patrick Herminie has held the office of President of Seychelles since Oct 2025. The record holds 13 current ministers.

ElectedAppointed
Patrick HerminiePatrick HerminiePresident of Seychellesin office since Oct 2025
Ahmed AfifAhmed AfifVice President of Seychellesin office since Oct 2020
No third seatno second office is recorded for this date
13 seats confirmed current · 13 recorded for 2025
13Ministersone per portfolio · as the record holds them for this date
Agriculture, Climate Change and EnvironmentEmployment and Social AffairsFisheriesForeign AffairsInternal AffairsInvestment, Entrepreneurship and IndustryLocal Government and Community AffairsTransportEducationFinanceHealthLands and HousingYouth, Sports and Family
—Junior ministersjunior ministers for this date are not in the record
No ministers of state, delegates or deputy ministers are in the record for this date — hatching marks what we do not hold.
Outside the chain
—No subnational recordgovernors and provincial offices are not held

The record follows the national executive only. Governors, provincial administrators and other offices outside this chain are not held for Seychelles.

Read this first Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster. Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain. Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.

Wikidata · offices, terms and their dates as the record classifies them · structure as of 18 Oct 2026 · Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, licences per imageAll offices and people →Data and sources →
Seychelles
The whole table

Eight measures, with the year each one was taken

Reporting periods differ by source
IndicatorLatestYear2014ChangeCertaintySource
Access to electricity100.0%2024100.0%+0.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Basic drinking water33.0%202432.4%+0.6 ptsReportedUNICEF
Clean cooking fuel99.0%202498.0%+1.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Under-five mortality14.0202414.5−0.5 per 1,000ModelledWHO
Life expectancy at birth76.3 yrs202473.2 yrs+3.1 yrsReportedWorld Bank
Urban population45.5%202542.9%+2.5 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Internet use87.8%202451.3%+36.6 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Mobile subscriptions126 / 1002024145 / 100−19ReportedWorld Bank

Every indicator we hold for Seychelles

136 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Seychelles. Each opens its own page with the full history, the source and the API request.

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How Seychelles ranks across Africa

Seychelles's position on 135 indicators, among the countries with a recent figure for each. A higher place means a higher value, not a better result. Each links to the full ranking.

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Compare Seychelles with other African countries

The record for every other African country, by region, and side-by-side comparisons where we publish them.

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Sources, method & citation

Every figure on this page is traceable to a named publication and a retrieval date. Where we model a value we say so; where no one has reported, we leave it empty.

Upstream sources
World Bank2025
IMF2026
ITU2025
World Bank GEM2026
Sources & methods
Cite this page

Africa API (2026) — “Seychelles: country record”. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026.

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