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Seychelles

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• Total: 80,000 (1999)
• Growth rate: 1.1
• Ratio of males per 100 females: na
• Age structure (1995 figures)
  • Percentage aged 0-4 : na
  • Percentage aged 5-14 : na
  • Percentage aged 15-24 : na
  • Percentage aged 25-60 : na
  • Percentage aged 60-over : na
• Population density: na

Literacy rate: 84.0% (1998)
GNP in US$ billions: 0.5 (1998)
GNP per capita in US$: 6,420 (1998)
Human Development Index value: 0.786 (1998)
Human Development Index rank: 53 of 174 countries
Gender-related Development Index value: na
Gender-related Development Index rank: na

The Seychelles consists of some 115 islands and islets scattered over the Indian Ocean just south of the equator, some 1,600 km east of Mombasa and Dar-es-Salaam.  Some 75 of them are virtually uninhabited volcanic islands and islets. Mahé is the largest island accommodating over 88% of the total population. The Seychelles gained their independence from Britain in June 1976.

The main economic activities are tourism and marine fishing, along with some agriculture and small-scale manufacturing. Tourism absorbs some 30% of the work force and provides more than 70% of hard currency earnings. Seychelles recently joined the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and it is also a member of the Indian Ocean Commission and of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern African States (COMESA).

Seychelles telecommunications network is fully privatised. In 1999, the network had a total of 19,600 connected telephone lines, resulting in a telephone density of 24.42 per hundred people.

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