Seychelles
- Official Name:
- Republic of Seychelles
- Area:
- 455 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 81.895 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 491 km
- Capital:
- Victoria
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Victoria
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Contiguous zone: 24 nm
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
- Political divisions:
- 23 administrative districts; Anse aux Pins, Anse Boileau, Anse Etoile, Anse Louis, Anse Royale, Baie Lazare, Baie Sainte Anne, Beau Vallon, Bel Air, Bel Ombre, Cascade, Glacis, Grand' Anse (on Mahe), Grand' Anse (on Praslin), La Digue, La Riviere Anglaise, Mont Buxton, Mont Fleuri, Plaisance, Pointe La Rue, Port Glaud, Saint Louis, Takamaka
- Language(s):
- Creole 91,8%, English 4,9% (official), other 3,1%, unspecified 0,2% (2002 census)
- National holiday:
- Constitution Day (National Day), 18 June (1993)
- Nationality:
- Seychellois (singular and plural)
- Official time:
- UTC 4 .
- Member of:
- ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
- Internet country code:
- .sc
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Seychelles rupee (SCR) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD7.800 (2002 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 712.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- -1% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 3,2%
- Industry: 30,1%
- Services: 66,7%
- Labor force:
- 30.900 (1996 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (1989):
-
- Agriculture 10%
- Industry: 19%
- Services 71%
- Unemployment rate:
- ND
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 0,7% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 44,2% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD371.100.000
- Expenditures: USD376.000.000
- Public debt:
- 166,1% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD-78.590.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 365.100.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports)
- Exports - Partners:
- UK 23,2%, Spain 20%, France 11,5%, Japan 9,8%, Italy 7,5%, Germany 5,8%, Netherlands 5,4% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 570.600.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
- Imports - partners:
- Saudi Arabia 15,3%, South Africa 13,9%, Spain 13,7%, France 7,2%, Singapore 6,9%, Italy 5,7% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 44.780.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 616.700.000 (2006)
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