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Curacao vs Seychelles statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Curacao has a population of 156K (ranked 179/197), compared with 121K in The Seychelles (ranked 181/197). Curacao's land area is 171.4 sq mi versus 177.6 sq mi for The Seychelles (ranked 182nd vs. 181st).

By GDP, Curacao ranks 168/197 ($3.28B) and The Seychelles ranks 176/197 ($2.17B). By GDP per capita, Curacao ranks 56/197 ($21,062), while The Seychelles ranks 63/197 ($17,859).

Main facts and rankings

Curacao Seychelles
Population
155910
125181
Population rank 179/197 181/197
GDP
$3.28B
2023
$2.17B
2024
GDP rank 168/197 176/197
GDP per capita
$21,062
2023
$17,859
2024
GDP per capita rank 56/197 63/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$30,716
2023
$33,239
2024
Government debt n/a
$1.25B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
59.3%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$10,323
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 59/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$14,281
2025
$9,988
2025
Land area
171.4 sq mi
2025
177.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
909 ppl/mi²
2024
683 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.2
2023
2.02
2023
Median age
39.5 years
2024
35 years
2024
Life expectancy
77.2 years
2025
73.1 years
2025

Curacao and Seychelles: Comparison Charts

Curacao and Seychelles economies compared

GDP
Curacao

Seychelles
Year GDP
Curacao Seychelles
1960 - $12,012,025
1961 - $11,592,024
1962 - $12,642,026
1963 - $13,923,029
1964 - $15,393,032
1965 - $15,603,032
1966 - $16,443,034
1967 - $16,632,032
1968 - $16,074,028
1969 - $16,452,028
1970 - $18,432,032
1971 - $21,965,951
1972 - $30,645,123
1973 - $36,896,280
1974 - $43,134,496
1975 - $47,803,146
1976 - $49,278,982
1977 - $64,526,401
1978 - $85,552,366
1979 - $127,261,099
1980 - $156,783,830
1981 - $163,750,728
1982 - $157,211,790
1983 - $156,098,237
1984 - $160,992,921
1985 - $179,691,483
1986 - $221,147,061
1987 - $265,212,957
1988 - $301,985,618
1989 - $324,333,367
1990 - $392,163,561
1991 - $398,307,170
1992 - $461,409,399
1993 - $504,230,621
1994 - $517,570,058
1995 - $540,733,048
1996 - $535,250,347
1997 - $598,966,982
1998 - $647,287,376
1999 - $662,838,615
2000 $2,120,511,229 $654,212,394
2001 $2,143,450,726 $662,064,156
2002 $2,160,784,693 $742,134,838
2003 $2,202,117,374 $750,847,230
2004 $2,237,160,503 $893,012,218
2005 $2,344,637,263 $977,899,382
2006 $2,457,581,732 $1,081,441,283
2007 $2,593,831,508 $1,077,308,814
2008 $2,833,476,145 $979,597,394
2009 $2,869,153,184 $850,901,620
2010 $2,951,342,793 $981,616,542
2011 $2,930,092,235 $1,058,918,707
2012 $3,012,836,257 $1,089,407,839
2013 $3,033,568,603 $1,333,160,407
2014 $3,059,406,983 $1,387,577,870
2015 $3,058,779,218 $1,432,403,352
2016 $3,024,690,168 $1,568,513,348
2017 $3,033,433,240 $1,675,370,641
2018 $3,046,364,804 $1,784,313,927
2019 $3,026,124,116 $1,868,690,097
2020 $2,534,327,592 $1,382,551,752
2021 $2,739,594,360 $1,487,173,795
2022 $3,075,180,835 $2,018,346,589
2023 $3,281,419,347 $2,187,379,755
2024 - $2,167,239,562

Curacao and Seychelles economies compared

GDP per capita
Curacao

Seychelles
Year GDP per capita
Curacao Seychelles
1960 - $288.1
1961 - $270.3
1962 - $287
1963 - $308
1964 - $332
1965 - $328
1966 - $338
1967 - $333
1968 - $314
1969 - $314
1970 - $344
1971 - $402
1972 - $547
1973 - $649
1974 - $745
1975 - $806
1976 - $814
1977 - $1,044
1978 - $1,377
1979 - $2,030
1980 - $2,478
1981 - $2,557
1982 - $2,441
1983 - $2,426
1984 - $2,488
1985 - $2,754
1986 - $3,368
1987 - $3,872
1988 - $4,392
1989 - $4,689
1990 - $5,642
1991 - $5,655
1992 - $6,520
1993 - $6,979
1994 - $6,975
1995 - $7,181
1996 - $7,004
1997 - $7,747
1998 - $8,210
1999 - $8,243
2000 $15,841 $8,064
2001 $16,610 $8,153
2002 $16,724 $8,864
2003 $16,696 $9,070
2004 $16,671 $10,828
2005 $17,032 $11,802
2006 $17,400 $12,783
2007 $18,006 $12,669
2008 $19,423 $11,265
2009 $19,540 $9,747
2010 $19,847 $10,935
2011 $19,426 $12,110
2012 $19,810 $12,337
2013 $19,721 $14,821
2014 $19,623 $15,188
2015 $19,362 $15,333
2016 $18,944 $16,567
2017 $18,938 $17,480
2018 $19,119 $18,440
2019 $19,221 $19,142
2020 $16,356 $14,041
2021 $17,980 $14,983
2022 $20,502 $16,837
2023 $21,062 $18,263
2024 - $17,859

Curacao vs. Seychelles life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Curacao

Seychelles
Year Life expectancy, years
Curacao Seychelles
1950 60.3 57.8
1951 61 58
1952 61.6 58.4
1953 62.1 58.7
1954 62.7 59
1955 63.3 59.4
1956 63.8 59.8
1957 64.2 60.2
1958 64.7 60.4
1959 65.1 60.4
1960 65.4 60.5
1961 65.7 60.6
1962 66 60.7
1963 66.3 60.9
1964 66.6 61.2
1965 66.9 61.4
1966 67.1 61.7
1967 67.4 62.1
1968 67.7 62.6
1969 67.9 63.3
1970 68.2 64
1971 68.5 64.6
1972 68.8 65.3
1973 69.1 65.9
1974 69.4 66.4
1975 69.7 66.8
1976 70 67.2
1977 70.2 67.6
1978 70.4 67.9
1979 70.7 68.2
1980 71 68.5
1981 71.2 68.7
1982 71.4 69
1983 71.5 69.3
1984 71.7 69.5
1985 71.9 69.6
1986 72 69.8
1987 72.1 69.9
1988 72.2 70
1989 72.2 70.1
1990 72.4 70.2
1991 72.5 70.3
1992 72.7 70.3
1993 72.7 70.4
1994 72.8 70.5
1995 72.8 70.6
1996 72.9 70.8
1997 73 70.8
1998 73.1 71.1
1999 73.2 71.2
2000 73.3 71.3
2001 73.4 71.4
2002 73.5 71.5
2003 73.6 71.7
2004 73.7 71.7
2005 73.9 71.9
2006 74 72
2007 74.1 72.2
2008 74.3 72.3
2009 74.5 72.4
2010 75.1 72.5
2011 75.6 72.5
2012 76 72.5
2013 76.2 72.4
2014 76.4 72.4
2015 76.5 72.3
2016 76.3 72.2
2017 76.4 72.2
2018 76.5 72.2
2019 76.5 72.1
2020 76.5 74.1
2021 75.7 71.2
2022 76.7 71.2
2023 76.8 72.9
2024 77 73
2025 77.2 73.1

Curacao and Seychelles population clocks and comparison

Population
Curacao

Seychelles
Year Population
Curacao Seychelles
1960 124,826 41,700
1961 126,125 42,889
1962 128,414 44,042
1963 130,860 45,176
1964 133,148 46,322
1965 135,266 47,500
1966 136,682 48,699
1967 138,140 49,911
1968 140,298 51,134
1969 142,581 52,365
1970 144,739 53,600
1971 147,389 54,695
1972 147,710 56,029
1973 146,912 56,892
1974 148,351 57,937
1975 149,129 59,292
1976 149,399 60,504
1977 149,459 61,786
1978 148,341 62,150
1979 147,851 62,686
1980 148,041 63,261
1981 148,629 64,035
1982 150,101 64,413
1983 151,159 64,335
1984 151,940 64,717
1985 152,711 65,244
1986 152,662 65,652
1987 151,456 68,499
1988 149,254 68,755
1989 146,937 69,167
1990 145,400 69,507
1991 144,403 70,439
1992 143,912 70,763
1993 144,299 72,253
1994 144,630 74,205
1995 145,139 75,304
1996 146,306 76,417
1997 146,956 77,319
1998 144,472 78,846
1999 139,428 80,410
2000 133,860 81,131
2001 129,047 81,202
2002 129,205 83,723
2003 131,897 82,781
2004 134,192 82,475
2005 137,658 82,858
2006 141,239 84,600
2007 144,056 85,033
2008 145,880 86,956
2009 146,833 87,298
2010 148,703 89,770
2011 150,831 87,441
2012 152,088 88,303
2013 153,822 89,949
2014 155,909 91,359
2015 157,980 93,419
2016 159,664 94,677
2017 160,175 95,843
2018 159,336 96,762
2019 157,441 97,625
2020 154,947 98,462
2021 152,369 99,258
2022 149,996 119,878
2023 155,800 119,773
2024 155,900 121,354

Fertility rates in Curacao and Seychelles

Fertility rate
Curacao

Seychelles
Year Fertility rate
Curacao Seychelles
1960 5.13 5.31
1961 5.04 5.42
1962 4.93 5.51
1963 4.8 5.61
1964 4.64 5.69
1965 4.47 5.72
1966 4.26 6.13
1967 4.06 5.9
1968 3.83 5.61
1969 3.61 5.48
1970 3.4 5.31
1971 3.18 5.69
1972 2.99 5.16
1973 2.87 4.78
1974 2.77 5.1
1975 2.66 4.75
1976 2.55 4.09
1977 2.46 3.75
1978 2.38 3.92
1979 2.31 3.66
1980 2.27 3.79
1981 2.25 3.67
1982 2.24 3.13
1983 2.24 3.22
1984 2.24 3.24
1985 2.24 3.09
1986 2.24 3.07
1987 2.24 2.92
1988 2.25 2.79
1989 2.27 2.67
1990 2.3 2.61
1991 2.37 2.69
1992 2.43 2.53
1993 2.44 2.58
1994 2.43 2.6
1995 2.42 2.36
1996 2.4 2.31
1997 2.37 2.1
1998 2.32 2.04
1999 2.29 2.04
2000 2.34 2.08
2001 2.4 1.98
2002 2.3 2.04
2003 2.19 2.06
2004 2.1 2.01
2005 2.04 2.2
2006 2.1 2.11
2007 2 2.24
2008 2.2 2.33
2009 2.1 2.38
2010 2.2 2.16
2011 2.1 2.33
2012 2.2 2.37
2013 2.1 2.26
2014 2 2.25
2015 1.9 2.31
2016 1.7 2.39
2017 1.5 2.41
2018 1.7 2.41
2019 1.6 2.36
2020 1.4 2.29
2021 1.4 2.46
2022 1.3 2.01
2023 1.2 2.02

Curacao and Seychelles demographics compared

Median age
Curacao

Seychelles
Year Median age, years
Curacao Seychelles
1960 19.8 21.9
1961 19.6 21.6
1962 19.5 21.3
1963 19.4 21
1964 19.4 20.6
1965 19.5 20.2
1966 19.5 19.8
1967 19.6 19.4
1968 19.7 19
1969 19.7 18.7
1970 19.8 18.5
1971 19.9 18.4
1972 20.1 18.5
1973 20.4 18.6
1974 20.8 18.7
1975 21.2 18.9
1976 21.6 19
1977 22 19.3
1978 22.4 19.6
1979 22.8 19.9
1980 23.3 20.4
1981 23.7 20.7
1982 24.1 21.1
1983 24.6 21.4
1984 25.1 21.7
1985 25.6 22
1986 26.1 22.3
1987 26.6 22.5
1988 27.1 22.9
1989 27.7 23.3
1990 28.2 23.6
1991 28.7 24
1992 29.2 24.5
1993 29.8 24.8
1994 30.3 25.2
1995 30.8 25.4
1996 31.3 25.7
1997 31.8 26.1
1998 32.4 26.4
1999 33 26.8
2000 33.6 27.3
2001 34.1 27.7
2002 34.6 28.1
2003 35.3 28.5
2004 35.8 28.9
2005 36.3 29.3
2006 36.8 29.6
2007 37.3 30
2008 37.9 30.4
2009 38.4 30.8
2010 39 31.2
2011 39.5 31.4
2012 39.9 31.5
2013 39.9 31.6
2014 39.9 31.8
2015 40 32.1
2016 40.1 32.3
2017 40.2 32.6
2018 38.4 32.9
2019 37.6 33.2
2020 38.5 33.6
2021 38.7 34
2022 39 34.4
2023 39.2 34.7
2024 39.5 35

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Curacao Seychelles
GNI, Atlas method
$3.27B
2023
$2.12B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
31%
2025
36%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.44%
2024
4.45%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.71%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
0
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP n/a
-1.19%
2025
Unemployment rate
19.1%
2020
2.59%
2024
Services, % of GDP
73.3%
2023
65.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
11.7%
2023
12.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
78
2025
66.4
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
23.9%
2018
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.6%
2018
Listed domestic companies n/a
23
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$811M
2024
Total reserves including gold n/a
$774M
2024
Personal remittances received
$116M
2024
$11.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,293,000
2019
124,500
2020
International tourism as share of exports
27.8%
2020
18.4%
2020

Energy

Curacao Seychelles
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
5,775 kg
2022
2,411 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.12
2022
$8.08
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions n/a
1.24 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita n/a
10.3 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
2.8%
2021
1.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
2.15%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
236.1%
2018
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
5,140 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
18.3%
2021
4.51%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Curacao Seychelles
% of world population
0.002%
2024
0.001%
2024
Annual migration change
+513
2024
+1,747
2024
Urban population
89%
2024
59.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height n/a
5.77 ft
2025
Average female height n/a
5.33 ft
2025
Quality of life index
63.6
2025
61.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
72
2025
72
2024
Higher education index
8
2025
7
2025
Homicides per 100K people
17.1
2007
9.34
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
17
2025
11.3
2019
Visa free countries n/a
149
2025
Adult literacy rate n/a
96.2%
2020
English speaking
60%
2025
37.9%
2023
People using the Internet
68.1%
2017
87.4%
2023

Health

Curacao Seychelles
Government health expenditure per capita n/a
$695
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita n/a
$169.6
2022
Life expectancy
77.2 years
2025
73.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people n/a
3.82
2022
Maternal mortality per 100K births n/a
42
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births n/a
14.3
2023
Obesity rate n/a
30.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.4%
2024
9.3%
2024
Air quality index
81
2025
52
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
20.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
10.2 liters
2020

Territory

Curacao Seychelles
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.0003%
2025
Land area per capita
1,100 sq mi
2024
1,464 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area n/a
5.98 sq mi
2025
Forest area
0.27 sq mi
2025
130.1 sq mi
2025
Roads length
342 mi
2025
327 mi
2015

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