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Seychelles vs Suriname statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Seychelles has a population of 121K (ranked 181/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). The Seychelles' land area is 177.6 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 181st vs. 90th).

By GDP, The Seychelles ranks 176/197 ($2.17B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, The Seychelles ranks 63/197 ($17,859), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Main facts and rankings

Seychelles Suriname
Population
125181
644193
Population rank 181/197 165/197
GDP
$2.17B
2024
$4.71B
2024
GDP rank 176/197 164/197
GDP per capita
$17,859
2024
$7,431
2024
GDP per capita rank 63/197 101/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,239
2024
$22,067
2024
Government debt
$1.25B
2024
$4.11B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
59.3%
2025
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$10,323
2024
$6,481
2024
Government debt per person rank 59/185 71/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$9,988
2025
$3,252
2025
Land area
177.6 sq mi
2025
61,972 sq mi
2025
Population density
683 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.02
2023
2.25
2023
Median age
35 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.1 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

Seychelles and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Seychelles and Suriname economies compared

GDP
Seychelles

Suriname
Year GDP
Seychelles Suriname
1960 $12,012,025 $99,650,000
1961 $11,592,024 $107,700,000
1962 $12,642,026 $116,150,000
1963 $13,923,029 $125,950,000
1964 $15,393,032 $134,400,000
1965 $15,603,032 $154,150,000
1966 $16,443,034 $190,350,000
1967 $16,632,032 $220,700,000
1968 $16,074,028 $241,350,000
1969 $16,452,028 $259,650,000
1970 $18,432,032 $274,900,000
1971 $21,965,951 $301,000,000
1972 $30,645,123 $311,950,000
1973 $36,896,280 $339,450,000
1974 $43,134,496 $409,850,000
1975 $47,803,146 $465,500,000
1976 $49,278,982 $505,500,000
1977 $64,526,401 $641,500,000
1978 $85,552,366 $735,500,000
1979 $127,261,099 $782,500,000
1980 $156,783,830 $795,000,000
1981 $163,750,728 $889,000,000
1982 $157,211,790 $915,000,000
1983 $156,098,237 $883,500,000
1984 $160,992,921 $864,000,000
1985 $179,691,483 $873,000,000
1986 $221,147,061 $891,000,000
1987 $265,212,957 $980,000,000
1988 $301,985,618 $1,161,000,000
1989 $324,333,367 $542,600,000
1990 $392,163,561 $388,400,000
1991 $398,307,170 $448,100,000
1992 $461,409,399 $404,600,000
1993 $504,230,621 $428,764,706
1994 $517,570,058 $605,492,537
1995 $540,733,048 $691,590,498
1996 $535,250,347 $861,372,806
1997 $598,966,982 $926,422,500
1998 $647,287,376 $1,110,850,000
1999 $662,838,615 $886,290,698
2000 $654,212,394 $947,671,970
2001 $662,064,156 $834,279,358
2002 $742,134,838 $1,093,574,468
2003 $750,847,230 $1,274,190,311
2004 $893,012,218 $1,484,092,538
2005 $977,899,382 $1,793,410,397
2006 $1,081,441,283 $2,626,380,435
2007 $1,077,308,814 $2,936,612,022
2008 $979,597,394 $3,532,969,035
2009 $850,901,620 $3,875,409,836
2010 $981,616,542 $4,368,370,998
2011 $1,058,918,707 $4,422,276,622
2012 $1,089,407,839 $4,980,000,000
2013 $1,333,160,407 $5,145,757,576
2014 $1,387,577,870 $5,240,606,061
2015 $1,432,403,352 $5,126,237,646
2016 $1,568,513,348 $3,317,421,648
2017 $1,675,370,641 $3,591,679,431
2018 $1,784,313,927 $3,996,198,867
2019 $1,868,690,097 $4,016,040,575
2020 $1,382,551,752 $2,911,807,496
2021 $1,487,173,795 $3,107,923,198
2022 $2,018,346,589 $3,791,603,200
2023 $2,187,379,755 $3,455,146,281
2024 $2,167,239,562 $4,714,267,822

Seychelles and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita
Seychelles

Suriname
Year GDP per capita
Seychelles Suriname
1960 $288.1 $378
1961 $270.3 $395
1962 $287 $409
1963 $308 $424
1964 $332 $435
1965 $328 $482
1966 $338 $575
1967 $333 $644
1968 $314 $681
1969 $314 $708
1970 $344 $724
1971 $402 $768
1972 $547 $785
1973 $649 $858
1974 $745 $1,041
1975 $806 $1,190
1976 $814 $1,302
1977 $1,044 $1,666
1978 $1,377 $1,928
1979 $2,030 $2,072
1980 $2,478 $2,118
1981 $2,557 $2,368
1982 $2,441 $2,430
1983 $2,426 $2,333
1984 $2,488 $2,261
1985 $2,754 $2,256
1986 $3,368 $2,271
1987 $3,872 $2,469
1988 $4,392 $2,886
1989 $4,689 $1,329
1990 $5,642 $942
1991 $5,655 $1,080
1992 $6,520 $969
1993 $6,979 $1,022
1994 $6,975 $1,434
1995 $7,181 $1,610
1996 $7,004 $1,963
1997 $7,747 $2,068
1998 $8,210 $2,429
1999 $8,243 $1,898
2000 $8,064 $1,988
2001 $8,153 $1,715
2002 $8,864 $2,202
2003 $9,070 $2,516
2004 $10,828 $2,888
2005 $11,802 $3,453
2006 $12,783 $5,003
2007 $12,669 $5,530
2008 $11,265 $6,576
2009 $9,747 $7,130
2010 $10,935 $7,944
2011 $12,110 $7,950
2012 $12,337 $8,851
2013 $14,821 $9,043
2014 $15,188 $9,108
2015 $15,333 $8,814
2016 $16,567 $5,644
2017 $17,480 $6,050
2018 $18,440 $6,666
2019 $19,142 $6,630
2020 $14,041 $4,755
2021 $14,983 $5,030
2022 $16,837 $6,084
2023 $18,263 $5,494
2024 $17,859 $7,431

Seychelles vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Seychelles

Suriname
Year Life expectancy, years
Seychelles Suriname
1950 57.8 50.7
1951 58 51.1
1952 58.4 51.4
1953 58.7 52.1
1954 59 52.8
1955 59.4 53.5
1956 59.8 54.1
1957 60.2 54.7
1958 60.4 55.4
1959 60.4 55.9
1960 60.5 56.6
1961 60.6 57.3
1962 60.7 58
1963 60.9 58.5
1964 61.2 58.9
1965 61.4 59.1
1966 61.7 59.2
1967 62.1 59.2
1968 62.6 59.3
1969 63.3 59.4
1970 64 59.5
1971 64.6 59.6
1972 65.3 59.7
1973 65.9 59.8
1974 66.4 59.9
1975 66.8 60
1976 67.2 60.2
1977 67.6 60.3
1978 67.9 60.4
1979 68.2 60.5
1980 68.5 60.7
1981 68.7 60.8
1982 69 60.9
1983 69.3 61.1
1984 69.5 61.2
1985 69.6 61.4
1986 69.8 61.2
1987 69.9 61.3
1988 70 61.5
1989 70.1 62
1990 70.2 62.1
1991 70.3 62.2
1992 70.3 62.2
1993 70.4 62.4
1994 70.5 62.5
1995 70.6 62.8
1996 70.8 63.1
1997 70.8 63.4
1998 71.1 63.7
1999 71.2 64
2000 71.3 64.4
2001 71.4 64.8
2002 71.5 65.3
2003 71.7 65.8
2004 71.7 66.4
2005 71.9 67
2006 72 67.6
2007 72.2 68.3
2008 72.3 68.9
2009 72.4 69.3
2010 72.5 69.6
2011 72.5 69.8
2012 72.5 70
2013 72.4 70.1
2014 72.4 70.3
2015 72.3 70.6
2016 72.2 71
2017 72.2 71.2
2018 72.2 71.5
2019 72.1 71.8
2020 74.1 72.3
2021 71.2 68.9
2022 71.2 73.3
2023 72.9 73.6
2024 73 73.8
2025 73.1 73.9

Seychelles and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population
Seychelles

Suriname
Year Population
Seychelles Suriname
1960 41,700 263,918
1961 42,889 272,791
1962 44,042 283,912
1963 45,176 297,034
1964 46,322 309,041
1965 47,500 320,000
1966 48,699 331,135
1967 49,911 342,679
1968 51,134 354,616
1969 52,365 366,906
1970 53,600 379,442
1971 54,695 391,932
1972 56,029 397,413
1973 56,892 395,772
1974 57,937 393,676
1975 59,292 391,170
1976 60,504 388,289
1977 61,786 385,067
1978 62,150 381,502
1979 62,686 377,602
1980 63,261 375,377
1981 64,035 375,459
1982 64,413 376,555
1983 64,335 378,746
1984 64,717 382,193
1985 65,244 386,972
1986 65,652 392,330
1987 68,499 396,911
1988 68,755 402,227
1989 69,167 408,409
1990 69,507 412,493
1991 70,439 415,013
1992 70,763 417,589
1993 72,253 419,352
1994 74,205 422,375
1995 75,304 429,606
1996 76,417 438,830
1997 77,319 448,067
1998 78,846 457,406
1999 80,410 466,916
2000 81,131 476,643
2001 81,202 486,560
2002 83,723 496,551
2003 82,781 506,414
2004 82,475 513,923
2005 82,858 519,313
2006 84,600 524,997
2007 85,033 531,016
2008 86,956 537,245
2009 87,298 543,568
2010 89,770 549,923
2011 87,441 556,269
2012 88,303 562,633
2013 89,949 569,020
2014 91,359 575,373
2015 93,419 581,627
2016 94,677 587,757
2017 95,843 593,713
2018 96,762 599,513
2019 97,625 605,768
2020 98,462 612,317
2021 99,258 617,896
2022 119,878 623,164
2023 119,773 628,886
2024 121,354 634,431

Fertility rates in Seychelles and Suriname

Fertility rate
Seychelles

Suriname
Year Fertility rate
Seychelles Suriname
1960 5.31 6.59
1961 5.42 6.58
1962 5.51 6.57
1963 5.61 6.51
1964 5.69 6.43
1965 5.72 6.32
1966 6.13 6.2
1967 5.9 6.04
1968 5.61 5.86
1969 5.48 5.7
1970 5.31 5.53
1971 5.69 5.36
1972 5.16 5.18
1973 4.78 5.01
1974 5.1 4.81
1975 4.75 4.63
1976 4.09 4.45
1977 3.75 4.26
1978 3.92 4.08
1979 3.66 3.93
1980 3.79 3.79
1981 3.67 3.75
1982 3.13 3.82
1983 3.22 3.87
1984 3.24 3.8
1985 3.09 3.71
1986 3.07 3.61
1987 2.92 3.53
1988 2.79 3.46
1989 2.67 3.39
1990 2.61 3.23
1991 2.69 3.09
1992 2.53 3.01
1993 2.58 2.94
1994 2.6 2.9
1995 2.36 2.9
1996 2.31 2.92
1997 2.1 2.95
1998 2.04 2.99
1999 2.04 3.02
2000 2.08 3.05
2001 1.98 3.06
2002 2.04 2.96
2003 2.06 2.84
2004 2.01 2.74
2005 2.2 2.71
2006 2.11 2.73
2007 2.24 2.74
2008 2.33 2.73
2009 2.38 2.71
2010 2.16 2.69
2011 2.33 2.67
2012 2.37 2.67
2013 2.26 2.65
2014 2.25 2.62
2015 2.31 2.57
2016 2.39 2.5
2017 2.41 2.43
2018 2.41 2.38
2019 2.36 2.35
2020 2.29 2.31
2021 2.46 2.3
2022 2.01 2.27
2023 2.02 2.25

Seychelles and Suriname demographics compared

Median age
Seychelles

Suriname
Year Median age, years
Seychelles Suriname
1960 21.9 18.1
1961 21.6 18.2
1962 21.3 17.8
1963 21 17.3
1964 20.6 16.8
1965 20.2 16.4
1966 19.8 16.1
1967 19.4 15.8
1968 19 15.6
1969 18.7 15.6
1970 18.5 15.6
1971 18.4 15.7
1972 18.5 16
1973 18.6 16.3
1974 18.7 16.7
1975 18.9 17
1976 19 17.4
1977 19.3 17.6
1978 19.6 17.9
1979 19.9 18.1
1980 20.4 18.4
1981 20.7 18.7
1982 21.1 18.9
1983 21.4 19.2
1984 21.7 19.5
1985 22 19.7
1986 22.3 20
1987 22.5 20.2
1988 22.9 20.4
1989 23.3 20.6
1990 23.6 20.8
1991 24 21
1992 24.5 21.2
1993 24.8 21.5
1994 25.2 21.7
1995 25.4 22
1996 25.7 22.4
1997 26.1 22.8
1998 26.4 23.2
1999 26.8 23.6
2000 27.3 24
2001 27.7 24.4
2002 28.1 24.7
2003 28.5 25
2004 28.9 25.3
2005 29.3 25.5
2006 29.6 25.6
2007 30 25.8
2008 30.4 26.1
2009 30.8 26.3
2010 31.2 26.5
2011 31.4 26.7
2012 31.5 26.9
2013 31.6 27.1
2014 31.8 27.3
2015 32.1 27.5
2016 32.3 27.7
2017 32.6 27.9
2018 32.9 28.1
2019 33.2 28.3
2020 33.6 28.6
2021 34 28.7
2022 34.4 28.9
2023 34.7 29.2
2024 35 29.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Seychelles Suriname
GNI, Atlas method
$2.12B
2024
$3.72B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
36%
2025
29.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2023
2.87%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.71%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.19%
2025
-1.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.59%
2024
7.92%
2016
Services, % of GDP
65.8%
2024
48.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
12.3%
2024
39.9%
2023
Economic freedom index
66.4
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.9%
2018
30.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2018
2.2%
2022
Listed domestic companies
23
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$811M
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$774M
2024
$1.63B
2024
Personal remittances received
$11.4M
2024
$160M
2024
International tourist arrivals
124,500
2020
279,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
18.4%
2020
0.78%
2020

Energy

Seychelles Suriname
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,411 kg
2007
1,695 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.08
2007
$12.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.24 megatons
2023
2.63 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
10.3 tons
2023
4.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
90.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
1.9%
2022
14.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
10.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
12.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
2,897 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
4.51%
2021
41.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
61%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.6%
2023

Society

Seychelles Suriname
% of world population
0.001%
2024
0.008%
2024
Annual migration change
+1,747
2024
-1,166
2024
Urban population
59.2%
2024
66.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.77 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
5.33 ft
2025
5.32 ft
2025
Quality of life index
61.5
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
72
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
7
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
9.34
2022
7.28
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
11.3
2019
15.3
2019
Visa free countries
149
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
96.2%
2020
95%
2021
English speaking
37.9%
2023
87.1%
2023
People using the Internet
87.4%
2023
78.4%
2023

Health

Seychelles Suriname
Government health expenditure per capita
$695
2022
$344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$169.6
2022
$79.4
2022
Life expectancy
73.1 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
1.47%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.82
2022
1.48
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births
42
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
14.3
2023
16.2
2023
Obesity rate
30.2%
2022
29.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
9.3%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
52
2025
63
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
20.2%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.2 liters
2020
5.93 liters
2020

Territory

Seychelles Suriname
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.11%
2025
Land area per capita
1,464 sq mi
2024
97,682 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5.98 sq mi
2025
275.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
130.1 sq mi
2025
58,531 sq mi
2025
Roads length
327 mi
2015
2,674 mi
2003

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