Seychelles

Facts

Population:  79,715 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  28.27% (male 11,367; female 11,167) 15-64 years:  65.47% (male 25,453; female 26,737) 65 years and over:  6.26% (male 1,673; female 3,318) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  0.49% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  17.66 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  6.65 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -6.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.5 male(s)/female total population:  0.93 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  17.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  70.69 years male:  65.17 years female:  76.37 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  1.83 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  NA
Nationality:  noun:  Seychellois (singular and plural) adjective:  Seychelles
Ethnic groups:  Seychellois (mixture of Asians, Africans, Europeans)
Religions:  Roman Catholic 90%, Anglican 8%, other 2%
Languages:  English (official), French (official), Creole
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  58% male:  56% female:  60% (1971 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $610 million (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  1.5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $7,700 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  3.1% industry:  26.3% services:  70.6% (1999)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  6% (1999 est.)
Labor force:  30,900 (1996)
Labor force - by occupation:  industry 19%, services 71%, agriculture 10% (1989)
Unemployment rate:  NA%
Budget:  revenues:  $249 million expenditures:  $262 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Industries:  fishing; tourism; processing of coconuts and vanilla, coir (coconut fiber) rope, boat building, printing, furniture; beverages
Industrial production growth rate:  NA%
Electricity - production:  160 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  100% hydro:  0% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  148.8 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  coconuts, cinnamon, vanilla, sweet potatoes, cassava (tapioca), bananas; broiler chickens; tuna fish
Exports:  $111 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Exports - commodities:  fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports)
Exports - partners:  France, UK, Netherlands, Italy, China, Germany, Japan
Imports:  $440 million (c.i.f., 1999)
Imports - commodities:  machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
Imports - partners:  South Africa, UK, China, Singapore, France, Italy
Debt - external:  $240 million (1999 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:  $16.4 million (1995)
Currency:  Seychelles rupee (SCR)
Currency code:  SCR
Exchange rates:  Seychelles rupees per US dollar - 6.0397 (November 2000), 5.6009 (2000), 5,3426 (1999), 5.2622 (1998), 5.0263 (1997), 4.9700 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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