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Mauritius vs Seychelles statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Mauritius has a population of 1.26M (ranked 156/197), compared with 121K in The Seychelles (ranked 181/197). Mauritius' land area is 771 sq mi versus 177.6 sq mi for The Seychelles (ranked 170th vs. 181st).

By GDP, Mauritius ranks 143/197 ($15B) and The Seychelles ranks 176/197 ($2.17B). By GDP per capita, Mauritius ranks 79/197 ($11,872), while The Seychelles ranks 63/197 ($17,859).

Main facts and rankings

Mauritius Seychelles
Population
1256649
125181
Population rank 157/197 181/197
GDP
$15B
2024
$2.17B
2024
GDP rank 143/197 176/197
GDP per capita
$11,872
2024
$17,859
2024
GDP per capita rank 79/197 63/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$31,051
2024
$33,239
2024
Government debt
$13.7B
2024
$1.25B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
93.2%
2025
59.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$10,846
2024
$10,323
2024
Government debt per person rank 54/185 59/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$7,323
2025
$9,988
2025
Land area
771 sq mi
2025
177.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,634 ppl/mi²
2024
683 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.39
2023
2.02
2023
Median age
38.5 years
2024
35 years
2024
Life expectancy
75.3 years
2025
73.1 years
2025

Mauritius and Seychelles: Comparison Charts

Mauritius and Seychelles economies compared

GDP
Mauritius

Seychelles
Year GDP
Mauritius Seychelles
1960 $162,089,564 $12,012,025
1961 $191,757,729 $11,592,024
1962 $197,738,208 $12,642,026
1963 $253,839,558 $13,923,029
1964 $218,914,569 $15,393,032
1965 $230,024,161 $15,603,032
1966 $227,534,083 $16,443,034
1967 $238,439,291 $16,632,032
1968 $206,576,631 $16,074,028
1969 $221,553,613 $16,452,028
1970 $224,125,805 $18,432,032
1971 $251,437,338 $21,965,951
1972 $318,664,900 $30,645,123
1973 $404,285,775 $36,896,280
1974 $669,894,030 $43,134,496
1975 $673,311,287 $47,803,146
1976 $713,510,052 $49,278,982
1977 $834,722,972 $64,526,401
1978 $1,029,040,323 $85,552,366
1979 $1,227,446,632 $127,261,099
1980 $1,147,027,924 $156,783,830
1981 $1,157,769,444 $163,750,728
1982 $1,092,923,636 $157,211,790
1983 $1,104,956,573 $156,098,237
1984 $1,054,564,759 $160,992,921
1985 $1,090,611,325 $179,691,483
1986 $1,482,601,552 $221,147,061
1987 $1,906,174,438 $265,212,957
1988 $2,163,252,449 $301,985,618
1989 $2,211,312,823 $324,333,367
1990 $2,689,212,760 $392,163,561
1991 $2,895,354,736 $398,307,170
1992 $3,267,677,814 $461,409,399
1993 $3,307,302,126 $504,230,621
1994 $3,606,050,873 $517,570,058
1995 $4,094,741,652 $540,733,048
1996 $4,481,489,762 $535,250,347
1997 $4,243,755,308 $598,966,982
1998 $4,225,813,976 $647,287,376
1999 $4,402,193,195 $662,838,615
2000 $4,726,108,622 $654,212,394
2001 $4,675,755,867 $662,064,156
2002 $4,906,494,249 $742,134,838
2003 $5,894,873,920 $750,847,230
2004 $6,667,418,752 $893,012,218
2005 $6,576,108,447 $977,899,382
2006 $7,028,810,681 $1,081,441,283
2007 $8,150,150,209 $1,077,308,814
2008 $9,990,356,674 $979,597,394
2009 $9,128,843,109 $850,901,620
2010 $10,003,670,690 $981,616,542
2011 $11,518,413,430 $1,058,918,707
2012 $11,668,696,397 $1,089,407,839
2013 $12,292,974,141 $1,333,160,407
2014 $13,074,129,952 $1,387,577,870
2015 $12,007,291,046 $1,432,403,352
2016 $12,594,155,464 $1,568,513,348
2017 $13,713,506,131 $1,675,370,641
2018 $14,735,695,931 $1,784,313,927
2019 $14,436,346,980 $1,868,690,097
2020 $11,408,106,446 $1,382,551,752
2021 $11,484,348,858 $1,487,173,795
2022 $12,907,767,790 $2,018,346,589
2023 $14,101,195,733 $2,187,379,755
2024 $14,952,555,415 $2,167,239,562

Mauritius and Seychelles economies compared

GDP per capita
Mauritius

Seychelles
Year GDP per capita
Mauritius Seychelles
1960 $238.3 $288.1
1961 $281.7 $270.3
1962 $282.3 $287
1963 $353 $308
1964 $297.3 $332
1965 $305 $328
1966 $296 $338
1967 $304 $333
1968 $258.7 $314
1969 $272.7 $314
1970 $271.3 $344
1971 $299.6 $402
1972 $374 $547
1973 $467 $649
1974 $763 $745
1975 $755 $806
1976 $787 $814
1977 $906 $1,044
1978 $1,102 $1,377
1979 $1,292 $2,030
1980 $1,187 $2,478
1981 $1,181 $2,557
1982 $1,101 $2,441
1983 $1,103 $2,426
1984 $1,042 $2,488
1985 $1,069 $2,754
1986 $1,442 $3,368
1987 $1,840 $3,872
1988 $2,074 $4,392
1989 $2,103 $4,689
1990 $2,540 $5,642
1991 $2,705 $5,655
1992 $3,013 $6,520
1993 $3,014 $6,979
1994 $3,240 $6,975
1995 $3,648 $7,181
1996 $3,952 $7,004
1997 $3,696 $7,747
1998 $3,642 $8,210
1999 $3,746 $8,243
2000 $3,982 $8,064
2001 $3,909 $8,153
2002 $4,073 $8,864
2003 $4,858 $9,070
2004 $5,461 $10,828
2005 $5,354 $11,802
2006 $5,696 $12,783
2007 $6,575 $12,669
2008 $8,030 $11,265
2009 $7,318 $9,747
2010 $8,000 $10,935
2011 $9,197 $12,110
2012 $9,291 $12,337
2013 $9,765 $14,821
2014 $10,366 $15,188
2015 $9,508 $15,333
2016 $9,966 $16,567
2017 $10,842 $17,480
2018 $11,643 $18,440
2019 $11,403 $19,142
2020 $9,011 $14,041
2021 $9,069 $14,983
2022 $10,224 $16,837
2023 $11,182 $18,263
2024 $11,872 $17,859

Mauritius vs. Seychelles life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Mauritius

Seychelles
Year Life expectancy, years
Mauritius Seychelles
1950 51.9 57.8
1951 52.5 58
1952 52.1 58.4
1953 51.5 58.7
1954 52.2 59
1955 53.8 59.4
1956 55.1 59.8
1957 55.7 60.2
1958 56.4 60.4
1959 57.4 60.4
1960 58.4 60.5
1961 59.5 60.6
1962 60.5 60.7
1963 61.1 60.9
1964 61.5 61.2
1965 62.1 61.4
1966 62.1 61.7
1967 61.7 62.1
1968 62.1 62.6
1969 62.7 63.3
1970 63.7 64
1971 63.8 64.6
1972 63.8 65.3
1973 64.3 65.9
1974 64.2 66.4
1975 64.4 66.8
1976 64 67.2
1977 64.8 67.6
1978 65.3 67.9
1979 66 68.2
1980 66.5 68.5
1981 67.2 68.7
1982 67.9 69
1983 68.4 69.3
1984 68.6 69.5
1985 68.7 69.6
1986 68.9 69.8
1987 69.2 69.9
1988 69.4 70
1989 69.5 70.1
1990 69.8 70.2
1991 70.1 70.3
1992 70.2 70.3
1993 70.4 70.4
1994 70.4 70.5
1995 70.6 70.6
1996 70.5 70.8
1997 70.7 70.8
1998 70.9 71.1
1999 71.4 71.2
2000 71.8 71.3
2001 72 71.4
2002 72.1 71.5
2003 72.3 71.7
2004 72.5 71.7
2005 72.6 71.9
2006 72.8 72
2007 72.9 72.2
2008 73.1 72.3
2009 73.3 72.4
2010 73.6 72.5
2011 74.1 72.5
2012 74.3 72.5
2013 74.4 72.4
2014 74.6 72.4
2015 74.7 72.3
2016 74.9 72.2
2017 75 72.2
2018 74.5 72.2
2019 74.2 72.1
2020 74.7 74.1
2021 72.9 71.2
2022 73.5 71.2
2023 74.9 72.9
2024 75.1 73
2025 75.3 73.1

Mauritius and Seychelles population clocks and comparison

Population
Mauritius

Seychelles
Year Population
Mauritius Seychelles
1960 680,331 41,700
1961 680,757 42,889
1962 700,349 44,042
1963 718,861 45,176
1964 736,381 46,322
1965 753,000 47,500
1966 768,813 48,699
1967 783,917 49,911
1968 798,413 51,134
1969 812,405 52,365
1970 826,000 53,600
1971 839,230 54,695
1972 852,053 56,029
1973 864,819 56,892
1974 878,042 57,937
1975 892,000 59,292
1976 906,507 60,504
1977 921,379 61,786
1978 933,499 62,150
1979 949,888 62,686
1980 966,039 63,261
1981 980,462 64,035
1982 992,521 64,413
1983 1,001,691 64,335
1984 1,012,221 64,717
1985 1,020,528 65,244
1986 1,028,360 65,652
1987 1,036,082 68,499
1988 1,043,239 68,755
1989 1,051,260 69,167
1990 1,058,775 69,507
1991 1,070,266 70,439
1992 1,084,441 70,763
1993 1,097,374 72,253
1994 1,112,846 74,205
1995 1,122,457 75,304
1996 1,133,996 76,417
1997 1,148,284 77,319
1998 1,160,421 78,846
1999 1,175,267 80,410
2000 1,186,873 81,131
2001 1,196,287 81,202
2002 1,204,621 83,723
2003 1,213,370 82,781
2004 1,221,003 82,475
2005 1,228,254 82,858
2006 1,233,996 84,600
2007 1,239,630 85,033
2008 1,244,121 86,956
2009 1,247,429 87,298
2010 1,250,400 89,770
2011 1,252,404 87,441
2012 1,255,882 88,303
2013 1,258,927 89,949
2014 1,261,208 91,359
2015 1,262,879 93,419
2016 1,263,747 94,677
2017 1,264,887 95,843
2018 1,265,577 96,762
2019 1,265,985 97,625
2020 1,266,014 98,462
2021 1,266,334 99,258
2022 1,262,523 119,878
2023 1,261,041 119,773
2024 1,259,509 121,354

Fertility rates in Mauritius and Seychelles

Fertility rate
Mauritius

Seychelles
Year Fertility rate
Mauritius Seychelles
1960 5.9 5.31
1961 5.98 5.42
1962 5.88 5.51
1963 6.18 5.61
1964 5.96 5.69
1965 5.51 5.72
1966 5.46 6.13
1967 4.63 5.9
1968 4.6 5.61
1969 3.97 5.48
1970 3.82 5.31
1971 3.51 5.69
1972 3.41 5.16
1973 3.07 4.78
1974 3.45 5.1
1975 3.2 4.75
1976 3.13 4.09
1977 3.07 3.75
1978 3.01 3.92
1979 2.91 3.66
1980 2.8 3.79
1981 2.67 3.67
1982 2.53 3.13
1983 2.4 3.22
1984 2.16 3.24
1985 2.02 3.09
1986 1.99 3.07
1987 2.05 2.92
1988 2.14 2.79
1989 2.23 2.67
1990 2.32 2.61
1991 2.3 2.69
1992 2.37 2.53
1993 2.21 2.58
1994 2.25 2.6
1995 2.14 2.36
1996 2.12 2.31
1997 2.04 2.1
1998 1.97 2.04
1999 2.05 2.04
2000 1.99 2.08
2001 1.91 1.98
2002 1.94 2.04
2003 1.87 2.06
2004 1.92 2.01
2005 1.88 2.2
2006 1.77 2.11
2007 1.74 2.24
2008 1.67 2.33
2009 1.59 2.38
2010 1.57 2.16
2011 1.55 2.33
2012 1.54 2.37
2013 1.44 2.26
2014 1.43 2.25
2015 1.36 2.31
2016 1.4 2.39
2017 1.44 2.41
2018 1.41 2.41
2019 1.4 2.36
2020 1.44 2.29
2021 1.41 2.46
2022 1.32 2.01
2023 1.39 2.02

Mauritius and Seychelles demographics compared

Median age
Mauritius

Seychelles
Year Median age, years
Mauritius Seychelles
1960 17.4 21.9
1961 17.5 21.6
1962 17.6 21.3
1963 17.6 21
1964 17.6 20.6
1965 17.7 20.2
1966 17.8 19.8
1967 17.9 19.4
1968 18.1 19
1969 18.3 18.7
1970 18.5 18.5
1971 18.8 18.4
1972 19.1 18.5
1973 19.5 18.6
1974 19.8 18.7
1975 20.2 18.9
1976 20.6 19
1977 21 19.3
1978 21.3 19.6
1979 21.6 19.9
1980 21.9 20.4
1981 22.1 20.7
1982 22.4 21.1
1983 22.8 21.4
1984 23.2 21.7
1985 23.5 22
1986 23.9 22.3
1987 24.3 22.5
1988 24.7 22.9
1989 25.2 23.3
1990 25.6 23.6
1991 26 24
1992 26.3 24.5
1993 26.6 24.8
1994 26.9 25.2
1995 27.3 25.4
1996 27.6 25.7
1997 28 26.1
1998 28.4 26.4
1999 28.7 26.8
2000 29 27.3
2001 29.4 27.7
2002 29.7 28.1
2003 30 28.5
2004 30.3 28.9
2005 30.7 29.3
2006 31.1 29.6
2007 31.6 30
2008 32 30.4
2009 32.5 30.8
2010 32.9 31.2
2011 33.4 31.4
2012 33.8 31.5
2013 34.2 31.6
2014 34.6 31.8
2015 35 32.1
2016 35.4 32.3
2017 35.8 32.6
2018 36.2 32.9
2019 36.5 33.2
2020 36.8 33.6
2021 37.1 34
2022 37.5 34.4
2023 38 34.7
2024 38.5 35

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Mauritius Seychelles
GNI, Atlas method
$16.2B
2024
$2.12B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
31.9%
2025
36%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.09%
2024
4.45%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.15%
2023
1.71%
2023
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
0
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.75%
2025
-1.19%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.57%
2023
2.59%
2024
Services, % of GDP
64.4%
2024
65.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
17.8%
2024
12.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
75
2025
66.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.9%
2017
23.9%
2018
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2017
2.6%
2018
Listed domestic companies
93
2024
23
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$9.12B
2024
$811M
2024
Total reserves including gold
$8.51B
2024
$774M
2024
Personal remittances received
$287M
2024
$11.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals
316,000
2020
124,500
2020
International tourism as share of exports
12.9%
2020
18.4%
2020
Banked people share
89.6%
2024
n/a

Energy

Mauritius Seychelles
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,155 kg
2023
2,411 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$25
2023
$8.08
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.21 megatons
2023
1.24 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
3.34 tons
2023
10.3 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
88.9%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
8.6%
2021
1.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.48%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
2,441 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
21.7%
2021
4.51%
2021
Hydroelectric share
2.88%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Mauritius Seychelles
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.001%
2024
Annual migration change
-2,787
2024
+1,747
2024
Urban population
40.9%
2024
59.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.68 ft
2025
5.77 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.33 ft
2025
Quality of life index
61.4
2025
61.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
51
2024
72
2024
Higher education index
40
2025
7
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.23
2022
9.34
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
12.2
2019
11.3
2019
Visa free countries
141
2025
149
2025
Adult literacy rate
94.3%
2023
96.2%
2020
English speaking
16%
2023
37.9%
2023
People using the Internet
79.5%
2023
87.4%
2023

Health

Mauritius Seychelles
Government health expenditure per capita
$591
2022
$695
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$260.1
2022
$169.6
2022
Life expectancy
75.3 years
2025
73.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.62%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.2
2022
3.82
2022
Maternal mortality per 100K births
66
2023
42
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
15.2
2023
14.3
2023
Obesity rate
19.6%
2022
30.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
20.1%
2024
9.3%
2024
Air quality index
97
2025
52
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
20.9%
2022
20.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.86 liters
2020
10.2 liters
2020

Territory

Mauritius Seychelles
% of world land
0.001%
2025
0.0003%
2025
Land area per capita
612 sq mi
2024
1,464 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
332 sq mi
2025
5.98 sq mi
2025
Forest area
150.2 sq mi
2025
130.1 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,509 mi
2015
327 mi
2015

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