GDP - real growth rate:
-1% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$7,800 (2002 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 3.2%
industry: 30.1%
services: 66.7% (2006 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):
0.7% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
44.2% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $371.1 million
expenditures: $376 million; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
166.1% of GDP (2006 est.)

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

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

Industrial production growth rate:
NA%

Electricity - production:
208 million kWh (2004)

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

Electricity - consumption:
193.4 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
5,600 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Current account balance:
$-78.59 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$365.1 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)

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

Exports - partners:
UK 23%, Spain 19.8%, France 11.4%, Japan 9.7%, Italy 7.4%, Germany
5.8%, Netherlands 5.4% (2005)

Imports:
$570.6 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)

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

Imports - partners:
Saudi Arabia 15.2%, South Africa 13.9%, Spain 13.6%, France 7.2%,
Singapore 6.9%, Italy 5.7% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$44.78 million (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$616.7 million (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$16.4 million (1995)

Currency (code):
Seychelles rupee (S