Polity · 1976 CE – present
Seychelles
République des Seychelles
Also recorded as Republic of Seychelles
- Peak recorded area
- 259 km²
- 1976 CE
- Rulers on record
- 3
- from 2016 CE
- Data series
- 269
- 1976 CE–2025 CE
Overview
Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles, is an island country and archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, is 1,500 kilometres east of mainland Africa.
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Territory
2 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before the last complete year, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 54 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Population216 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 132.8Kpersons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy165 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 73.14years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Net Migration141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 1,590persons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Female140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 76.83years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Male140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 70.23years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Population Growth140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 1.73% annual2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
Economy
6 of 102 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita PPP220 obs · 1800 CE–2019 CE | 27Kint'l $ (inflation adj.)2019 CE · Gapminder |
| GDP Current Usd111 obs · 1960 CE–2025 CE | 2.4Bcurrent US$2025 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| GDP per capita73 obs · 1950 CE–2022 CE | 31.1K2011 int'l $2022 CE · Maddison Project Database 2023 |
| Fao Cattle Stocks64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 557head2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Chickens Stocks64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 262head2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Eggs Production64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 1,919.71tonnes2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
Military
6 of 16 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| CINC Score41 obs · 1976 CE–2016 CE | 0CINC (share of world capability)2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Energy Consumption41 obs · 1976 CE–2016 CE | 51Kcoal-ton equivalents2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Iron Steel Production41 obs · 1976 CE–2016 CE | 0tons2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Expenditure % GDP41 obs · 1985 CE–2024 CE | 1.18% of GDP2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Military Expenditure Usd40 obs · 1985 CE–2024 CE | 26.9Mcurrent US$2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Military Personnel37 obs · 1976 CE–2016 CE | 0persons2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
Territory & resources
6 of 50 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Arable Land %126 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 0.3261% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Forest Area %68 obs · 1990 CE–2023 CE | 73.26% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Agricultural Land %63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 3.37%2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Arable Land per capita Ha63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 0.0013hectares per person2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Fao Agricultural Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 1,550ha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Arable Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 150ha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
Governance
6 of 11 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Electoral Democracy Index122 obs · 1903 CE–2024 CE | 0.741index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index122 obs · 1903 CE–2024 CE | 0.659index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index122 obs · 1903 CE–2024 CE | 0.324index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Regime Type122 obs · 1903 CE–2024 CE | 3RoW index (0-3)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Rule Of Law Index122 obs · 1903 CE–2024 CE | 0.977index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Control Of Corruption Index25 obs · 1996 CE–2023 CE | 1.63index2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Development
6 of 36 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Freedom Of Expression Index122 obs · 1903 CE–2024 CE | 0.837index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Primary Enrollment Gross %54 obs · 1970 CE–2024 CE | 93.38%2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Mobile Subscriptions Per 10052 obs · 1960 CE–2023 CE | 184.9per_1002023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Secondary Enrollment Gross %52 obs · 1970 CE–2024 CE | 70.82%2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Primary Completion Rate49 obs · 1970 CE–2024 CE | 94.22%2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Dpt Immunization %44 obs · 1981 CE–2024 CE | 94%2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Rulers
3 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Danny FaurePresident2016 CE – 2020 CE
- Wavel RamkalawanPresident2020 CE – 2025 CE
- Patrick HerminieHead of State2025 CE –
Country profile
From the CIA World Factbook 2024. Long entries are trimmed at a sentence boundary.
- Location
- archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar
- Government type
- presidential republic
- Executive branch
- chief of state: President Patrick HERMINIE (since 26 October 2025); head of government: President Patrick HERMINIE (since 26 October 2025); cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president;
- Ethnic groups
- predominantly Creole (mainly of East African and Malagasy heritage); also French, Indian, Chinese, and Arab populations
- Natural resources
- fish, coconuts (copra), cinnamon trees
- Economy
- high-income Indian Ocean island economy; rapidly growing tourism sector; major tuna exporter; offshore financial hub; environmentally fragile and investing in ocean rise mitigation; recently discovered offshore oil potential; successful anticorruption efforts
Language & currency
- Currency
- Seychelles rupees (SCR)
Memberships
- United NationsUNInternational organisation · member1976 CE –
- SADCSADCEconomic bloc · member1997 CE –
- African UnionAUInternational organisation · founding member2002 CE –
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
CIA World Factbook 2024
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
FAOSTAT2024 release
FAO (2024). FAOSTAT Statistical Database. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
CC BY 4.0
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
Maddison Project Database 20232023
Bolt, J. & van Zanden, J.L. (2024). Maddison Project Database 2023. University of Groningen GGDC.
CC BY 4.0
UN World Population Prospects 20242024
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024.
CC BY 3.0 IGO
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
World Bank World Development Indicators2024 release
World Bank (2024). World Development Indicators. Washington, DC.
CC BY 4.0
Seychelles is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.