arity - $7,800 (2002 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 2.8%
industry: 28.7%
services: 68.9% (2004 est.)

Labor force:
30,900 (1996)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 10%, industry 19%, services 71% (1989)

Unemployment rate:
NA

Population below poverty line:
NA

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
5% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
39.5% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $318.3 million
expenditures: $298.5 million, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)

Public debt:
122.8% of GDP (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
coconuts, cinnamon, vanilla, sweet potatoes, cassava (tapioca),
bananas; broiler chickens; tuna fish

Industries:
fishing; tourism; processing of coconuts and vanilla, coir (coconut
fiber) rope, boat building, printing, furniture; beverages

Industrial production growth rate:
NA

Electricity - production:
218 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
202.8 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2002)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
4,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Current account balance:
$-98.42 million (2004 est.)

Exports:
$256.2 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products
(reexports)

Exports - partners:
UK 27.7%, France 15.8%, Spain 12.6%, Japan 8.6%, Italy 7.5%,
Germany 5.6% (2004)

Imports:
$393.4 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals

Imports - partners:
Saudi Arabia 15.5%, Spain 13.3%, France 10.3%, Singapore 7%, South
Africa 6.8%, Italy 6.7%, UK 4.7% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$70.94 million (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$218.1 million (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$16.4 million (1995)

Currency (code):
Seychelles rupee (SCR)

Currency code:
SCR

Exchange rates:
Seychelles rupees per US dollar - 5.5 (2004), 5.4007 (2003), 5.48
(2002), 5.8575 (2001), 5.7138 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

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