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Seychelles

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Capital:	Victoria
Area size (Land only):	450 sq. km Approximately the size of Andorra
Time zone:	GMT +4
Currency:	Seychelles rupee
Area code:	(+) 248
Driving:	Left
Climate description:	Tropical. Coolest period between June-August, the hottest between December-April. Rainfall is high and wettest months are December and January.

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
Most people speak Creole, a local dialect with European and African elements. English and French are the official languages.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	0.1 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	0.1 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.1 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Most are descendants of Africans and Europeans. There are minorities of European, Chinese and Indian origin.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Catholic 89 percent, other Christian (mostly Anglican) 8 percent. There are small Hindu and other minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	53.8 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	53.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	52.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	52.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	52.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	51.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	51.4 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	51.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1948
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available (2005)

Average life expectancy

2005	No data available years
2004	No data available years
2003	No data available years
2002	72.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	72.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	72.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male
No data available years

Life expectancy - female
No data available years

Infant mortality

2007	12 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	12 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	12 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	12 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	11 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	12 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	13 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	13 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	13 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	13 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	13 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	14 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	15 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	16 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	17 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel
No data available percent

Maternal mortality
No data available per 100,000 live births

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	50	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	47	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	51	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	35	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	36	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	47	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2007	No data available percent
2000-2006	No data available percent
1996-2005	No data available percent
1996-2004	No data available percent
1995-2003	No data available percent
1995-2002	No data available percent
1995-2001	6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	9 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	9 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	9 percent	FAO 2006
1999-2001average	No data available percent
1998-2000average	No data available percent

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	No data available percent
2004	88 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	87 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation
No data available percent

Literacy - average

2004	91.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	91.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	91.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	91.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - male

2004	91.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	91.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	91.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - female

2004	92.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	92.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	92.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Landlines telephones

2008	277 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	273 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	249 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	259 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	258 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	258 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	259 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	260 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	254 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	1018 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	927 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	848 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	712 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	660 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	599 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	545 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	449 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	320 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users

2008	378 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	370 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	357 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	260 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	250 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	152 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	150 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	116 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	78 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	55 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	57 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	63 (joint)	Transparency International
2005	55 (joint)	Transparency International
2004	48	Transparency International
2003	Not ranked
2002	Not ranked
2001	Not ranked
2000	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	8960 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	8870 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	8610 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	8240 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	7490 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	6850 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	7380 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	7420 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	0.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	0.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	0.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	0.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	0.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	0.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	0.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	0.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	5.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	1.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	-2.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	-5.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	1.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	-2.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	4.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	7.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	2.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	2.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	3.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	5.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	3.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	6.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	1.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians

2000-2004	151 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	151 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	132 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	132 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	32 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	33 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	33 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	34 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	35 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	35 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	36 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	37 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2008	53	UNHCR
2007	55	UNHCR
2006	61	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	40	UNHCR
2004	44	UNHCR
2003	No data available
2002	No data available
2001	No data available
2000	No data available

Number of refugees residing here
No data available

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	1.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	2.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	1.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	5.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	5.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	5.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	7.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	7.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	4.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	4.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	3.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	4.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	4.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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