Seychelles
Island sovereign state off the eastern coast of Africa
Also known as Republic of Seychelles · sc · SEY
- Capital
- Population
- 119,773(2023)
- , 100,447(2022)
- , 99,258(2021)
- +11 more
- Area
- 459 km²
- GDP (nominal)
- $1.59B(2022)
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Sources- 1.data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CDRetrieved 2023-08-26
- , $1.29B(2021)
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Sources- 1.data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CDRetrieved 2023-08-26
- $1.59B(2022)
- Currency
- Seychellois rupee(since 1914)
- Official language
- Head of state
- Patrick Herminie(since 2025)
- , Wavel Ramkalawan(2020–2025)
- Head of government
- Patrick Herminie(since 2025)
- , Danny Faure(2016–2020)
- , Wavel Ramkalawan(2020–2025)
Overview
Economy & society
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
444 statements · 29% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Member of
- United Nations(since 1976)
- Commonwealth of Nations(since 1976)
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Sources- 1.thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/seychellesRetrieved 2018-09-01
- African Union
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development(since 1980)
- International Finance Corporation(since 1981)
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency(since 1992)
- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes(since 1978)
- African Development Bank
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- Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
- Alliance of Small Island States
- Interpol(since 1977)
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Sources- 1.interpol.int/Member-countries/WorldRetrieved 2017-12-07
- 2.interpol.int/Member-countries/Africa/SeychellesRetrieved 2018-09-01
- 3.interpol.int/Who-we-are/Member-countries/Africa/SEYCHELLESRetrieved 2022-10-21
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons(since 1997)
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Sources- 1.opcw.org/about-opcw/member-states/member-states-by-region/africa/member-state-seychelles/Retrieved 2018-09-01
- 2.opcw.org/about-us/member-states/seychellesRetrieved 2022-10-25
- UNESCO(since 1976)
- Group on Earth Observations
- Southern African Development Community
- Francophonie
- Indian Ocean Commission
- Universal Postal Union(since 1977)
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Sources- 1.upu.int/en/the-upu/member-countries.htmlRetrieved 2019-05-04
- 2.upu.int/en/Universal-Postal-Union/About-UPU/Member-Countries?csid=-1&cid=263Retrieved 2022-10-28
- International Telecommunication Union(since 1999)
1
- Organisation internationale de la Francophonie(since 1976)
- World Meteorological Organization(since 1977)
1
- World Health Organization
1
- World Customs Organization(since 2000)
- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
- African Continental Free Trade Area
- Official name
- Repubblica delle Seychelles
- Seychelles
- Seychelles
- la République des Seychelles
- Lowest point
- Indian Ocean elevation: 0 m
- Demonym
- Seychelle-szigeteki
- Seychellois
- Seychelloise
- Seycheliano
- سيشيلي applies to part: masculine
- سيشيلية applies to part: feminine
- سيشيليون applies to part: plural
- סיישלי applies to part: masculine
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- סיישלית applies to part: feminine
- seychellezi applies to part: plural
- seychellez applies to part: masculine
- seychelleză applies to part: feminine
- সেইশেলি
- Seychellois applies to part: masculine, masculine singular
- Seychelloise applies to part: feminine, feminine singular
- seychellese applies to part: masculine singular, feminine singular
- seychellesi applies to part: masculine plural, feminine plural
- sexeles
- seixelés applies to part: masculine singular
- seixelesa applies to part: feminine singular
- Sejŝelano
- seychełezo applies to part: masculine singular
- seychełezi applies to part: masculine plural
- seychełeza applies to part: feminine singular
- seychełeze applies to part: feminine plural
- سيشيلي applies to part: masculine singular
- سيشيلية applies to part: feminine singular
- سيشيليين applies to part: masculine plural
- سيشيليات applies to part: feminine plural
- Séiséalach
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- Electrical plug type
- BS 1363
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- BS 1363
- Mains voltage
- 240 V frequency: 50 Hz
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- 240 V frequency: 50 Hz
- Emergency phone number
- 112
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Sources- 1.“International Numbering Resources Database”itu.int/net/itu-t/inrdb/e129_important_numbers.aspxRetrieved 2016-07-03
- 133 has use: police
1
Sources- 1.“International Numbering Resources Database”itu.int/net/itu-t/inrdb/e129_important_numbers.aspxRetrieved 2016-07-08
- 151 has use: emergency medical services
1
Sources- 1.“International Numbering Resources Database”itu.int/net/itu-t/inrdb/e129_important_numbers.aspxRetrieved 2016-07-08
- 999
1
Sources- 1.“International Numbering Resources Database”itu.int/net/itu-t/inrdb/e129_important_numbers.aspxRetrieved 2016-07-10
- 112
- Coordinates of northernmost point
- 3.7200°S, 55.2000°E
- Age of majority
- 18 years old
- Diplomatic relation
- Kenya statement is subject of: Kenya–Seychelles relations
- Taiwan statement is subject of: Seychelles–Taiwan relations
- United States statement is subject of: Seychelles–United States relations
- Russia statement is subject of: Russia–Seychelles relations
- People's Republic of China statement is subject of: China–Seychelles relations
- India statement is subject of: India–Seychelles relations
- North Korea(since 1976) statement is subject of: North Korea–Seychelles relations
- Language used
- English speakers: 3,000 · has characteristic: first language
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- English speakers: 30,000 · has characteristic: second language
1
- French
- Seychellois Creole
- English speakers: 3,000 · has characteristic: first language
- Vehicle registration plate code
- SY(since 1938)
- Number of out-of-school children
- 1,312(2015)
- 1,254(2014)
- 2,034(2013)
- 2,449(2005)
- 2,910(2004)
- 2,986(2003)
- 3,359(2002)
- 4,017(2001)
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- 4,927(2000)
- 4,918(1999)
- Has characteristic
- partly free country statement supported by: Freedom in the World
- Total fertility rate
- 2.3(2014)
- 2.4(2013)
- 2.4(2012)
- 2.4(2011)
- 2.1(2010)
- 2.4(2009)
- 2.3(2008)
- 2.24(2007)
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- 2.1(2006)
- 2.2(2005)
- 2(2004)
- 2.1(2003)
- 2.04(2002)
- 1.98(2001)
- 2.08(2000)
- 2.04(1999)
- Motto text
- Finis Coronat Opus
- The End Crowns the Work
- Another world
- Mae Diwedd y Gwaith yn ei Goroni
- Geoshape
- Data:Seychelles.map
- Part of
- European Union tax haven blacklist(February 27, 2020)
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Sources- 1.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-list-of-non-cooperative-jurisdictions/Retrieved 2020-05-08
- European Union tax haven blacklist(February 27, 2020)
- Life expectancy
- 74.3098 years(2016)
- 74.2951 years(2015)
- 73.2293 years(2014)
- 73.1195 years(2013)
- 74.2756 years(2012)
- 72.7244 years(2011)
- 73.1976 years(2010)
- 73.0829 years(2009)
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- 73.1634 years(2008)
- 73.1439 years(2007)
- 72.2171 years(2006)
- 72.1317 years(2005)
- 72.661 years(2004)
- 71.0293 years(2003)
- 71.0878 years(2002)
- 73.2537 years(2001)
- 72.7781 years(2000)
- 72.6683 years(1999)
- Coordinates of easternmost point
- 7.1244°S, 56.2831°E located in/on physical feature: Coëtivy Island
- Coordinates of westernmost point
- 9.7342°S, 46.5094°E located in/on physical feature: Assumption Island
- VAT rate
- 15%
- Shares border with
- France statement is subject of: France–Seychelles border
- Comoros statement is subject of: Comoros–Seychelles border
- Tanzania statement is subject of: Seychelles–Tanzania border
- Madagascar statement is subject of: Madagascar–Seychelles border
- Mauritius statement is subject of: Mauritius–Seychelles border
- Native label
- République des Seychelles
- Human Development Index
- 0.785(2021)
- 0.793(2020)
- 0.802(2019)
- 0.8(2018)
- 0.796(2017)
- 0.796(2016)
- 0.796(2015)
- 0.796(2014)
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- 0.787(2013)
- 0.786(2012)
- 0.766(2011)
- 0.776(2010)
- 0.77(2009)
- 0.771(2008)
- 0.77(2007)
- 0.753(2006)
- 0.762(2005)
- 0.747(2004)
- 0.746(2003)
- 0.742(2002)
- 0.741(2001)
- 0.744(2000)
- Hashtag
- Seychelles
- Gini coefficient
- 32.1(2018)
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
- 0.661(2021)
- 0.667(2020)
- 0.677(2019)
- Birth rate
- 13.1(2022)
- 16.8(2021)
- 15.8(2020)
- 16.4(2019)
- Male population
- 63,113(2022)
- 52,299(2021)
- 51,864(2020)
- 51,368(2019)
- Death rate
- 7.8(2022)
- 9.3(2021)
- 6.8(2020)
- 8.1(2019)
- Rural population
- 49,874(2022)
- 41,716(2021)
- 41,801(2020)
- 41,863(2019)
- Female population
- 56,766(2022)
- 46,958(2021)
- 46,598(2020)
- 46,256(2019)
- Urban population
- 70,004(2022)
- 57,542(2021)
- 56,661(2020)
- 55,762(2019)
- Coordinates of geographic center
- 4.6796°S, 55.4920°E
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On other databases
145 identifiers linking Seychelles across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID6046
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlineseiseliai
- ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID294937056
- BabelNet ID00067227n
- BBC News topic IDclm1wxp5nmlt
- BBC Things ID40756ba0-3410-49d1-a6bd-0898d1f78f23
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID12002381k
- Biblissima authority IDQ27036
- BIBSYS ID90743720
- Booru tagseychelles
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDseychellen
- Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme)0061F0121
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10146030
- CCAB ID000219799
- CiNii Research ID1140563741676116480
- CIVICUS Monitor country entryseychelles
- Climate Policy Radar TopicsQ2236
- Curlie IDRegional/Africa/Seychelles/
- Data Commons IDcountry/SYC
- DBNL country IDseych01
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--696
- DR topic IDseychellerne
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID185777
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Seychelles
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDseychelles
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)1vEsdj
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)562624
- Encyclopedia of Korean Culture IDE0029833
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ8435
- European Education Thesaurus ID1931
- EuroVoc ID4148
- FactGrid item IDQ1059324
- FAST ID1205626
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)SE
- France 24 topic ID (French)seychelles
- Freebase ID/m/06sw9
- GACS ID505
- GENC 3-character codeSYC
- GeoNames ID241170
- GeoNLP ID (obsolete)KOFcik
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID1000190
- GitHub topicseychelles
- GND ID4054694-9
- Golden ID (archived)Seychelles-99DKG
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDseychelles
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0062390
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDSeychellene
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)3545669
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDobject_1286109
- IAB code1401
- ICANNWiki page IDSeychelles
- ICPSR Geographic Names Thesaurus ID30915
- IdRef ID028127587
- INaturalist place ID8358
- INSEE countries and foreign territories code99398
- Interlingual Index IDi83959
- IOC country codeSEY
- ISNI000000040459108X
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codeSC
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codeSYC
- ISO 3166-1 numeric code690
- ITU letter codeSEY
- ITU/ISO/IEC object ID2.16.690
- J9U entity ID987007564347005171
- KBpedia IDSeychelles
- Klexikon article IDSeychellen
- Krugosvet article (archived)strany_mira/SESHELSKIE_OSTROVA.html
- KulturNav-ID1db8461e-769f-423e-bad8-f7551927676b
- LC and MARC vocabularies IDcountries/se
- Le Figaro tag IDSeychelles
- Le Monde diplomatique subject IDpays/seychelles
- Lex IDSeychellerne
- Libraries Australia ID35491246
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79071099
- Libris-URImkz118l5247m2dd
- M49 code690
- Mapy.com IDosm&id=690
- Marine Regions Geographic ID2192
- MeSH descriptor IDD012750
- MeSH tree codeZ01.058.290.120.705
- Museum-digital place ID1045
- MusicBrainz area IDbe43ea01-053a-3b23-b03d-2df8317a57ff
- NACSIS-CAT author IDDA01576248
- NALT ID6166
- Namuwiki ID세이셸
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/6B332CE8-21C4-4D53-B95C-0CA37C5D91F6
- National Library of Chile ID000289432
- National Library of Iceland ID000077098
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000975881
- National Library of Lithuania IDLNB:V*11078;=BD