Seychelles
Republic of Seychelles
- Region
- Africa · Eastern Africa
- Capital
- Victoria
- Population
- 122,730 (2025)
- Government
- presidential republic
- Currency
- Seychellois rupee (SCR)
- Official languages
- English, French, Seychellois Creole
- Spoken languages
- Seychellois Creole (official) 89.1%, English (official) 5.1%, French (official) 0.7%, other 3.8%, unspecified 1.4% (2010 est.)
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 452 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- African Union, COMESA, IMF, SADC, WCO, WTO
Political stability
82 / 100
Economic stability
58 / 100
Population stability
47 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- fish, scrap iron, animal meal, broadcasting equipment, ships (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, fish, ships, cars, plastic products (2023)
- Natural resources
- fish, coconuts (copra), cinnamon trees
- Primary route
- Indian Ocean gateways (Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti) to Asia and the Gulf
- Secondary route
- Suez corridor to Europe
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.