The Seychelles vs Tuvalu: Economic Indicators Comparison

The Seychelles with a GDP of $1.6B ranked the 180th largest economy in the world, while Tuvalu ranked 196th with $42.6M. By GDP per capita, the Seychelles and Tuvalu ranked 55th vs 124th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Seychelles	Tuvalu
GDP	$1.6B	$42.6M
GDP growth, 1 year	3.6%	2.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	4.6%	N/A
Population	96k	11k
GDP per capita	$16k	$3.7k
GDP per capita growth	2.64%	1.27%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	7.48	1.22
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.54	0.91
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$31k	$4k
GNI, Atlas method	$1.5B	$62.5M
GNI per capita	$16k	$5.4k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$2.8B	$70.2M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$29k	$6.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Seychelles	Tuvalu
Income Tax Rate	15%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	33%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	3.7%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	4.1%	4.9%
Unemployment	3%	8.5%
Economic Freedom Index	64.3	60
Personal Freedom Index	7.17	6.2
Human Freedom Index	7.14	6.1
Property Rights Index	68.3	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	46.4	N/A
Business Freedom Index	65.3	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	93.2	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	62.8	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	55	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	30	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	82.6	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	78.6	N/A
Government Spending Index	58.9	N/A
Tax Burden Index	76.8	N/A
Government Integrity Index	53.3	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	66	48
Life expectancy at birth, years	74.3	66
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	9.3	1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	15.9	0.2
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	12.7	18.7
International tourism, number of arrivals	362k	2.7k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Seychelles	Tuvalu
Central government debt, % of GDP	58.2%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	N/A	N/A
External debt stocks	N/A	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	N/A	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	N/A	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	N/A	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	10.2%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	32.5%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$549.5M	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$43.9M	$299k

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Seychelles	Tuvalu
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	87%	N/A
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	102.1%	N/A
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$269.4M	$6.8M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	36.4%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$13.8M	$9.6M
Personal remittances received	$22.7M	$4M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	10.9%	7.3%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	2%	16.5%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$2.2M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$1.4M	$14k
Expense, % of GDP	33.3%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	37%	N/A