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IndicatorSYCSeychellesSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.9rank #23
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile72.8rank #27
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.7rank #20
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.63rank #32
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.87rank #29
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile63.5rank #58
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.9rank #23
Military spending% GDP1.2%rank #100
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.34rank #71
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile81.5rank #42
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile61rank #65
Rule of Law0-100 percentile67.2rank #61
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.98rank #10
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.76rank #30
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.68rank #29
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile68rank #57
Women in parliament% seats26.5%rank #87
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.91rank #17
Economy
Agriculture value added% GDP2.6%rank #118
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker295,521.4rank #45
Current account balance% GDP-7.5%rank #137
FDI net inflows% GDP10.1%rank #20
GDPcurrent US$2.39Brank #167
GDP growth%5.8%rank #35
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$19,449.4rank #59
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $30,638.7rank #61
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $29,195rank #58
Government expenditure% GDP24.6%rank #62
Gross capital formation% GDP18.7%rank #100
Gross savings% GDP2.5%rank #142
High-technology exports% manuf. exports0.09%rank #119
Industry value added% GDP14.3%rank #142
Inflation%0.3%rank #18
Personal remittances received% GDP0.54%rank #120
R&D expenditure% GDP0.2%rank #72
Researchers in R&Dper million146.5rank #54
Tax revenue% GDP22.1%rank #34
Trade openness% GDP172.3%rank #9
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop97.7%rank #69
Basic sanitation access% pop99.7%rank #17
Child mortalityper 1001.4rank #63
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,888.4rank #103
DTP3 immunization coverage%94%rank #6
Health spending% GDP4.5%rank #139
Infant mortalityper 1k births12.9rank #65
Life expectancyyears76.3rank #97
Maternal mortalityper 100k42rank #34
Measles immunization% children97%rank #3
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%97%rank #3
Physiciansper 1k6.6rank #1
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m39.3rank #41
Road traffic deathsper 100k11.3rank #45
Smoking prevalence% adults17.3%rank #55
Suicide mortality rateper 100k4.3rank #46
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k17rank #51
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births14rank #96
Undernourishment% pop2.5%rank #1
Education
Adult literacy%93.9%rank #17
Education spending% GDP4.5%rank #41
Expected years of schoolingyears18.2rank #16
Mean years of schoolingyears11.2rank #63
Primary completion rate% relevant age94.2%rank #62
Primary enrollment% gross93.4%rank #107
Secondary enrollment% gross70.8%rank #93
Tertiary enrollment% gross14.5%rank #81
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00011rank #135
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.9rank #114
Median age of populationyears33.7rank #93
Net migration rateper 1,00014.1rank #11
Populationpeople122,730rank #188
Population growth%1.1%rank #95
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years76.9rank #132
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands141.7rank #188
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age39.8rank #199
Urban population%45.5%rank #149
Climate
CO₂ emissionst652,571rank #178
CO₂ per capitat5rank #64
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation0%rank #144
Electricity from solar% generation14.3%rank #27
Electricity from wind% generation1.6%rank #77
Forest area% land73.3%rank #12
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita9rank #150
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh555.6rank #123
Renewable electricity%15.9%rank #125
Renewable energy share%1.9%rank #57
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e1.1rank #23
Society
Asylum seekerspeople21rank #9
Extreme poverty% pop0.7%rank #8
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10031.6rank #44
Gender Development Indexratio1rank #21
Gini indexindex32.1rank #25
Homicide rateper 100k8rank #77
Human Development Index0-10.85rank #43
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.76rank #39
Internet users% pop87.8%rank #67
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #48
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #39
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #54
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.05rank #79
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people10rank #4
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-101.2rank #7
Human hazard & exposure0-100rank #1
INFORM risk score0-101.4rank #4
Lack of coping capacity0-102.3rank #15
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-101.1rank #8
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-103.3rank #16
Natural hazard & exposure0-102.2rank #9
Socio-economic vulnerability0-101.6rank #17
Vulnerability0-101rank #3
Vulnerable groups0-100.3rank #2
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