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Seychelles vs Yemen statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Seychelles has a population of 121K (ranked 181/197), compared with 40.6M in Yemen (ranked 38/197). The Seychelles' land area is 177.6 sq mi versus 203,850 sq mi for Yemen (ranked 181st vs. 49th).

By GDP, The Seychelles ranks 176/197 ($2.17B) and Yemen ranks 124/197 ($21.6B). By GDP per capita, The Seychelles ranks 63/197 ($17,859), while Yemen ranks 192/197 ($634).

Main facts and rankings

Seychelles Yemen
Population
125181
42727988
Population rank 181/197 37/197
GDP
$2.17B
2024
$21.6B
2018
GDP rank 176/197 124/197
GDP per capita
$17,859
2024
$634
2018
GDP per capita rank 63/197 192/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,239
2024
$3,164
2013
Government debt
$1.25B
2024
$18.8B
2018
Debt-to-GDP ratio
59.3%
2025
71.2%
2025
Government debt per person
$10,323
2024
$551
2018
Government debt per person rank 59/185 164/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$9,988
2025
$1,333
2025
Land area
177.6 sq mi
2025
203,850 sq mi
2025
Population density
683 ppl/mi²
2024
199.1 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.02
2023
4.59
2023
Median age
35 years
2024
19.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.1 years
2025
69.6 years
2025

Seychelles and Yemen: Comparison Charts

Seychelles and Yemen economies compared

GDP
Seychelles

Yemen
Year GDP
Seychelles Yemen
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 $12,643,821,569
1991 $398,307,170 $14,665,445,462
1992 $461,409,399 $17,959,367,194
1993 $504,230,621 $21,736,802,664
1994 $517,570,058 $28,019,483,764
1995 $540,733,048 $12,796,345,679
1996 $535,250,347 $6,496,163,616
1997 $598,966,982 $6,838,298,531
1998 $647,287,376 $6,322,175,566
1999 $662,838,615 $7,639,325,296
2000 $654,212,394 $9,679,316,770
2001 $662,064,156 $9,852,990,693
2002 $742,134,838 $10,693,430,511
2003 $750,847,230 $11,777,532,662
2004 $893,012,218 $13,867,634,371
2005 $977,899,382 $16,731,566,717
2006 $1,081,441,283 $19,063,143,370
2007 $1,077,308,814 $21,650,528,674
2008 $979,597,394 $26,910,855,807
2009 $850,901,620 $25,130,278,213
2010 $981,616,542 $30,906,749,533
2011 $1,058,918,707 $32,726,417,878
2012 $1,089,407,839 $35,401,331,609
2013 $1,333,160,407 $40,415,233,436
2014 $1,387,577,870 $43,228,585,321
2015 $1,432,403,352 $42,444,490,074
2016 $1,568,513,348 $31,317,825,274
2017 $1,675,370,641 $26,842,229,045
2018 $1,784,313,927 $21,606,160,663
2019 $1,868,690,097 -
2020 $1,382,551,752 -
2021 $1,487,173,795 -
2022 $2,018,346,589 -
2023 $2,187,379,755 -
2024 $2,167,239,562 -

Seychelles and Yemen economies compared

GDP per capita
Seychelles

Yemen
Year GDP per capita
Seychelles Yemen
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 $910
1991 $5,655 $1,016
1992 $6,520 $1,198
1993 $6,979 $1,397
1994 $6,975 $1,735
1995 $7,181 $764
1996 $7,004 $375
1997 $7,747 $383
1998 $8,210 $343
1999 $8,243 $401
2000 $8,064 $493
2001 $8,153 $487
2002 $8,864 $513
2003 $9,070 $549
2004 $10,828 $628
2005 $11,802 $734
2006 $12,783 $810
2007 $12,669 $890
2008 $11,265 $1,072
2009 $9,747 $969
2010 $10,935 $1,155
2011 $12,110 $1,186
2012 $12,337 $1,245
2013 $14,821 $1,379
2014 $15,188 $1,430
2015 $15,333 $1,362
2016 $16,567 $975
2017 $17,480 $811
2018 $18,440 $634
2019 $19,142 -
2020 $14,041 -
2021 $14,983 -
2022 $16,837 -
2023 $18,263 -
2024 $17,859 -

Seychelles vs. Yemen life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Seychelles

Yemen
Year Life expectancy, years
Seychelles Yemen
1950 57.8 28.9
1951 58 29.3
1952 58.4 29.6
1953 58.7 30
1954 59 30.4
1955 59.4 30.8
1956 59.8 31.3
1957 60.2 31.8
1958 60.4 32.4
1959 60.4 32.9
1960 60.5 33.5
1961 60.6 34.1
1962 60.7 33.7
1963 60.9 33.4
1964 61.2 34.9
1965 61.4 35.6
1966 61.7 36.3
1967 62.1 37.1
1968 62.6 38
1969 63.3 39.6
1970 64 40.6
1971 64.6 41.8
1972 65.3 42.7
1973 65.9 43.6
1974 66.4 44.5
1975 66.8 45.5
1976 67.2 46.4
1977 67.6 47.4
1978 67.9 48.5
1979 68.2 49.5
1980 68.5 50.6
1981 68.7 51.7
1982 69 52.4
1983 69.3 53.6
1984 69.5 54.6
1985 69.6 55.4
1986 69.8 54
1987 69.9 56.8
1988 70 57.4
1989 70.1 58
1990 70.2 58.5
1991 70.3 58.8
1992 70.3 59.3
1993 70.4 59.7
1994 70.5 59.8
1995 70.6 60.5
1996 70.8 60.9
1997 70.8 61.3
1998 71.1 61.8
1999 71.2 62.3
2000 71.3 62.8
2001 71.4 63.3
2002 71.5 63.8
2003 71.7 64.4
2004 71.7 64.9
2005 71.9 65.4
2006 72 65.8
2007 72.2 66.2
2008 72.3 66.6
2009 72.4 66.9
2010 72.5 67.2
2011 72.5 67.4
2012 72.5 67.6
2013 72.4 68
2014 72.4 68
2015 72.3 66.8
2016 72.2 67.1
2017 72.2 67.1
2018 72.2 65.9
2019 72.1 66.6
2020 74.1 66.4
2021 71.2 66
2022 71.2 68
2023 72.9 69.3
2024 73 69.4
2025 73.1 69.6

Seychelles and Yemen population clocks and comparison

Population
Seychelles

Yemen
Year Population
Seychelles Yemen
1960 41,700 5,532,301
1961 42,889 5,655,232
1962 44,042 5,782,221
1963 45,176 5,911,135
1964 46,322 6,048,006
1965 47,500 6,195,593
1966 48,699 6,351,494
1967 49,911 6,516,444
1968 51,134 6,690,524
1969 52,365 6,875,859
1970 53,600 7,065,279
1971 54,695 7,257,462
1972 56,029 7,460,068
1973 56,892 7,672,796
1974 57,937 7,896,783
1975 59,292 8,133,598
1976 60,504 8,384,113
1977 61,786 8,648,222
1978 62,150 8,926,586
1979 62,686 9,224,194
1980 63,261 9,543,358
1981 64,035 9,882,362
1982 64,413 10,241,006
1983 64,335 10,621,499
1984 64,717 11,025,597
1985 65,244 11,453,825
1986 65,652 11,901,040
1987 68,499 12,369,912
1988 68,755 12,859,708
1989 69,167 13,364,174
1990 69,507 13,887,862
1991 70,439 14,430,201
1992 70,763 14,989,494
1993 72,253 15,563,914
1994 74,205 16,149,147
1995 75,304 16,740,058
1996 76,417 17,313,177
1997 77,319 17,873,936
1998 78,846 18,446,013
1999 80,410 19,029,420
2000 81,131 19,624,141
2001 81,202 20,226,147
2002 83,723 20,835,086
2003 82,781 21,456,379
2004 82,475 22,095,167
2005 82,858 22,790,085
2006 84,600 23,543,083
2007 85,033 24,318,082
2008 86,956 25,111,941
2009 87,298 25,927,724
2010 89,770 26,754,387
2011 87,441 27,582,897
2012 88,303 28,433,647
2013 89,949 29,312,952
2014 91,359 30,226,309
2015 93,419 31,159,379
2016 94,677 32,109,010
2017 95,843 33,090,921
2018 96,762 34,085,182
2019 97,625 35,111,408
2020 98,462 36,134,863
2021 99,258 37,140,230
2022 119,878 38,222,876
2023 119,773 39,390,799
2024 121,354 40,583,164

Fertility rates in Seychelles and Yemen

Fertility rate
Seychelles

Yemen
Year Fertility rate
Seychelles Yemen
1960 5.31 7.99
1961 5.42 8
1962 5.51 8.01
1963 5.61 8.03
1964 5.69 8.07
1965 5.72 8.1
1966 6.13 8.14
1967 5.9 8.17
1968 5.61 8.19
1969 5.48 8.22
1970 5.31 8.23
1971 5.69 8.26
1972 5.16 8.27
1973 4.78 8.29
1974 5.1 8.33
1975 4.75 8.37
1976 4.09 8.42
1977 3.75 8.47
1978 3.92 8.5
1979 3.66 8.67
1980 3.79 8.71
1981 3.67 8.75
1982 3.13 8.79
1983 3.22 8.83
1984 3.24 8.85
1985 3.09 8.86
1986 3.07 8.86
1987 2.92 8.83
1988 2.79 8.79
1989 2.67 8.71
1990 2.61 8.61
1991 2.69 8.46
1992 2.53 8.27
1993 2.58 8.05
1994 2.6 7.8
1995 2.36 7.53
1996 2.31 7
1997 2.1 6.82
1998 2.04 6.64
1999 2.04 6.49
2000 2.08 6.32
2001 1.98 6.14
2002 2.04 5.97
2003 2.06 5.84
2004 2.01 5.71
2005 2.2 5.56
2006 2.11 5.41
2007 2.24 5.26
2008 2.33 5.11
2009 2.38 5
2010 2.16 4.81
2011 2.33 4.63
2012 2.37 4.63
2013 2.26 4.62
2014 2.25 4.62
2015 2.31 4.62
2016 2.39 4.61
2017 2.41 4.61
2018 2.41 4.61
2019 2.36 4.6
2020 2.29 4.6
2021 2.46 4.6
2022 2.01 4.59
2023 2.02 4.59

Seychelles and Yemen demographics compared

Median age
Seychelles

Yemen
Year Median age, years
Seychelles Yemen
1960 21.9 19.7
1961 21.6 19.6
1962 21.3 19.6
1963 21 19.5
1964 20.6 19.4
1965 20.2 19.3
1966 19.8 19.2
1967 19.4 19.1
1968 19 18.9
1969 18.7 18.7
1970 18.5 18.4
1971 18.4 18.1
1972 18.5 17.8
1973 18.6 17.6
1974 18.7 17.3
1975 18.9 17
1976 19 16.8
1977 19.3 16.6
1978 19.6 16.3
1979 19.9 16.1
1980 20.4 15.9
1981 20.7 15.7
1982 21.1 15.5
1983 21.4 15.3
1984 21.7 15.1
1985 22 15
1986 22.3 14.9
1987 22.5 14.8
1988 22.9 14.7
1989 23.3 14.6
1990 23.6 14.6
1991 24 14.6
1992 24.5 14.6
1993 24.8 14.6
1994 25.2 14.6
1995 25.4 14.7
1996 25.7 14.8
1997 26.1 14.9
1998 26.4 15
1999 26.8 15.2
2000 27.3 15.4
2001 27.7 15.6
2002 28.1 15.8
2003 28.5 16
2004 28.9 16.2
2005 29.3 16.4
2006 29.6 16.7
2007 30 16.9
2008 30.4 17.2
2009 30.8 17.4
2010 31.2 17.7
2011 31.4 17.9
2012 31.5 18.1
2013 31.6 18.3
2014 31.8 18.5
2015 32.1 18.7
2016 32.3 18.8
2017 32.6 18.9
2018 32.9 19
2019 33.2 19.1
2020 33.6 19.1
2021 34 19.1
2022 34.4 19.2
2023 34.7 19.2
2024 35 19.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Seychelles Yemen
GNI, Atlas method
$2.12B
2024
$25.3B
2018
Government expenditure, % of GDP
36%
2025
9.59%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2023
5.46%
2012
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.71%
2023
3.97%
2014
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
40,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.19%
2025
-3.73%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.59%
2024
13.5%
2014
Services, % of GDP
65.8%
2024
41.8%
2018
Industry, % of GDP
12.3%
2024
25.4%
2018
Economic freedom index
66.4
2025
53.7
2015
Income share by richest 10%
23.9%
2018
29.4%
2014
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2018
3%
2014
Listed domestic companies
23
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$811M
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$774M
2024
$1.25B
2022
Personal remittances received
$11.4M
2024
$3.43B
2024
International tourist arrivals
124,500
2020
398,000
2015
International tourism as share of exports
18.4%
2020
12.4%
2016
Banked people share n/a
11.9%
2022

Energy

Seychelles Yemen
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,411 kg
2007
68.9 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.08
2007
$11.2
2013
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.24 megatons
2023
10.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
10.3 tons
2023
0.28 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
93.1%
2022
Renewable energy use share
1.9%
2022
3.7%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
1.64%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-11%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
54 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
4.51%
2021
21.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
83.6%
2023

Society

Seychelles Yemen
% of world population
0.001%
2024
0.5%
2024
Annual migration change
+1,747
2024
-10,482
2024
Urban population
59.2%
2024
40.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.77 ft
2025
5.39 ft
2025
Average female height
5.33 ft
2025
5.08 ft
2025
Quality of life index
61.5
2025
16.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
72
2024
13
2024
Higher education index
7
2025
20
2025
Homicides per 100K people
9.34
2022
6.31
2013
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
11.3
2019
29.4
2019
Visa free countries
149
2025
46
2025
Adult literacy rate
96.2%
2020
54.1%
2004
English speaking
37.9%
2023
9%
2023
People using the Internet
87.4%
2023
13.8%
2020

Health

Seychelles Yemen
Government health expenditure per capita
$695
2022
$38.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$169.6
2022
$26.8
2022
Life expectancy
73.1 years
2025
69.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
23.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.82
2022
0.29
2014
Age at first childbirth n/a
20.8 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
42
2023
118
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
14.3
2023
39.3
2023
Obesity rate
30.2%
2022
14.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
9.3%
2024
5.5%
2024
Air quality index
52
2025
31
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
20.2%
2022
21.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.2 liters
2020
0.04 liters
2020

Territory

Seychelles Yemen
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.35%
2025
Land area per capita
1,464 sq mi
2024
5,023 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5.98 sq mi
2025
90,549 sq mi
2025
Forest area
130.1 sq mi
2025
2,120 sq mi
2025
Roads length
327 mi
2015
n/a

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