Population
121.4K
Unitary presidential system
GDP per capita, PPP
$39,770
in 2031
Passport power
#58
99 visa-free destinations
Cities rated
6
Top: Victoria
Country overview
- Official name
- Republic of Seychelles
- Capital
- Victoria
- Continent
- Africa / Eastern Africa
- Area
- 452 km²
- Population
- 121.4K
- Density
- 265.0/km²
- Government
- Unitary presidential system
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Left
- TLD
- .sc
- Calling code
- +248
- Timezone
- UTC+04:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #58 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 99
- Total accessible
- 134
- Digital nomad visa
- Workcation Retreat Program Insufficient requirement data · 12 mo
- Immigration programs
- 1 Nomad 1 Residency
Culture and society
- Languages
- Seychellois Creole, English, French (français)
- Religions
- Christianity 74.9%, Hinduism 5.4%, Islam 2.4%, Others 5.1%
- Currencies
- ₨ SCR — Seychellois rupee
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.848
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $39,770
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 76.3 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 87.8%
- Gini index (2018)
- 32.1
- Inflation (2031)
- 2.5%
- Unemployment (2031)
- 2.4%
- Urban population (2025)
- 45.5%
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 6.9 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2022)
- 8.0/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.63