Seychelles vs United Kingdom: Compare Statistics

Side-by-side comparison of 164 key metrics across economy, population, geography, and more — latest data through 2026.

Summary

United Kingdom has 518 times as many people as Seychelles (69.96 million vs 135,139). United Kingdom's economy is 1,488 times the size of Seychelles's ($4.1 trillion vs $2.76 billion GDP).

Comparing Seychelles and United Kingdom: United Kingdom leads on Agricultural land (172,448 sq. km) against Seychelles (15.50 sq. km); Seychelles leads on Oil Consumption (8,000) against United Kingdom (1.62); Seychelles leads on Refined Petroleum Products Consumption (7,300) against United Kingdom (1.58). Across 164 compared metrics, Seychelles wins on 56 and United Kingdom wins on 95.

Communications: 9 metrics compared
Economy: 58 metrics compared
Environment: 12 metrics compared
Geography: 7 metrics compared
Government: 9 metrics compared
Health: 23 metrics compared
Military and Security: 3 metrics compared
People and Society: 37 metrics compared
Transportation: 4 metrics compared
Travel and Tourism: 1 metric compared
Other: 1 metric compared

Communications

9 metrics

Metric	🇸🇨 Seychelles	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Year
Fixed Broadband Penetration	31.6 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	42.16 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants★	2024
Internet Penetration Rate (%)	87.82 %	95.47 %★	2024
Internet Usage Rate by Country (% of Population)	87.4 %	96.3 %★	2023
Internet Users	percent of population: 87% (2023 est.)	percent of population: 96% (2023 est.)	2025
Mobile Internet Speed	31.6 Mbps	42.16 Mbps★	2024
Press Freedom Index Score	68.56 points	78.89 points★	2025
Radios	42,000★	84.5	2002
Televisions	11,000★	30.5	2002
Waterways	none	3,200	2003

Economy

58 metrics

Metric	🇸🇨 Seychelles	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Year
Agriculture Value Added as a Share of GDP by Country	39.34M $	31.15B $★	2026
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Country in Current US Dollars	2.76B $	4.10T $★	2026
AI Investment (% of GDP)	17.17 %	19.12 %★	2024
Apple Import Volume	811,708 tonnes	326.31M tonnes★	2026
Central Bank Discount Rate (%)	11.17 %★	0.25 %	2019
Coal Revenue	0	0	2024
Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate (%)	12.24 %★	4.38 %	2019
Corporate Tax Rate Trends	30 %★	19 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure (% of GDP)	5.1 % of GDP	10 % of GDP★	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index	71.8	93.8★	2020
Electricity Consumption	325.5★	309.2	2021
Electricity Exports	0	2.15★	2021
Electricity from Fossil Fuels	91★	50	2021
Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants	0	2★	2021
Electricity from Nuclear Fuels	0	9★	2021
Electricity from Other Renewables	9	39★	2021
Electricity Imports	0	19.7★	2021
Electricity Installed Capacity	88,000★	97.06	2021
Electricity Production	350★	318.2	2021
Energy Consumption per Capita (USD)	98.85 USD per capita★	94.28 USD per capita	2025
Gini Index Coefficient	32.1	32.4★	2025
Gross Fixed Investment	41.7★	13.9	2012
Gross National Saving	8.1	13.6★	2020
Highest GDP per Capita Countries	30,638.72 USD	53,993.12 USD★	2025
Industrial Production Growth Rate (%)	-6.4 %	-0.5 %★	2025
Inflation Rate	0.3 %★	3.88 %	2025
Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices)	0.3 %★	3.3 %	2025
Military Expenditures (% of GDP)	1.5 % of GDP	2.4 % of GDP★	2025
Natural Gas Consumption	0	79.17★	2021
Natural Gas Exports	0	11.27★	2021
Natural Gas Imports	0	47★	2021
Natural Gas Production	0	42.11★	2021
Natural Gas Proved Reserves	0	176★	2021
Oil Consumption	8,000★	1.62	2011
Oil Exports	0	1.31★	2011
Oil Imports	6,203★	1.45	2011
Oil Production	0	1.39★	2011
Oil Proved Reserves	0	2.86★	2011
Population Below Poverty Line	25.3 people	18.6 people★	2025
Public Debt	63.6★	138.6	2025
R&D Expenditure (% of GDP)	0.2 %	2.32 %★	2016
Real GDP Growth Rate (USD)	3.5 USD★	1.1 USD	2025
Real Interest Rate Trends	4.9 %★	-1.08 %	2014
Refined Petroleum Products Consumption	7,300★	1.58	2021
Refined Petroleum Products Exports	0	613,800★	2023
Refined Petroleum Products Imports	7,225	907,500★	2023
Refined Petroleum Products Production	0	1.29★	2023
Remittances	0.5★	0.1	2025
Researchers in R&D per Million	146.54 researchers	4,117.75 researchers★	2005
Revenue from Forest Resources	0.09★	0.01	2024
Robotics Research Funding	0.2 USD	2.32 USD★	2016
Share of population in poverty ($3 a day)	0.67	0.5★	2018
Tax Burden (% of GDP)	22.08 %★	26.32 %	2008
Tax Revenue (% of GDP)	22.08 % of GDP	26.32 % of GDP★	2008
Taxes and Other Revenues	26.18	27.4★	2025
Top Exporting Countries	1.85B USD	1.14T USD★	2024
Top FDI Inflows (% of GDP)	10.15 %★	-0.35 %	2024
Unemployment Rate	3 %★	4.06 %	2024

Environment

12 metrics

Metric	🇸🇨 Seychelles	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Year
Annual CO₂ Emissions Growth (abs)	11,262★	5.08M	2024
Annual Forest Area Change Rate	-218 %	12,600 %★	2025
Average Annual Temperature	26.64 °C★	10.37 °C	2025
Carbon Dioxide Emissions	893,000	340.94★	2025
Continental Shelf	edge of continental margin or 200 nm;	200	1990
Global Precipitation Distribution	1,243.48 mm★	962.53 mm	2025
Population Distribution	more than three quarters of the population lives on the main island of Mahe; Praslin is home to less than 10%, and a smaller percentage is on La Digue and the outer islands, as shown in this population distribution map	the core of the population lies in and around London, with significant clusters found in central Britain around Manchester and Liverpool, in the Scottish lowlands between Edinburgh and Glasgow, in southern Wales in and around Cardiff, and in far-eastern N	2025
Protected Land Area for Adaptation	70.08 sq km★	28.58 sq km	2026
Protected Land Area Percentage	68.1 %★	28.4 %	2025
Total Renewable Groundwater Resources by Country	0 Cubic meters per year	9.8 Cubic meters per year★	2026
Total Renewable Water Resources	0	147★	2024
Total Threatened Mammal Species	7 species	4 species★	2022

Geography

7 metrics

Metric	🇸🇨 Seychelles	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Year
Percentage of land area by degree of urbanization	12.99 %★	9.75 %	2026
Above-Ground Biomass in Forest (tonnes/ha)	172.81★	115	2020
Agricultural land	15.5 sq. km	172,448.2 sq. km★	2026
Airports per 1,000 Sq Km	460	241,930★	2023
Coastline Length (km)	491 km	12,429 km★	2025
Dam capacity per capita	7.23 cubic meters per inhabitant	75.83 cubic meters per inhabitant★	2026
Irrigated Land	3	718★	2025

Government

9 metrics

Metric	🇸🇨 Seychelles	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Year
Rule of Law Index by Country	68.93 %	86.77 %★	2026
Administrative Divisions	27	England: 24 two-tier counties, 32 London boroughs and 1 City of London or Greater London, 36 metropolitan districts, 59 unitary authorities (including 4 single-tier counties*) two-tier counties: Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, East Sussex, Ess	2025
Corruption Perception Index	72 index	71 index★	2024
Corruption Perceptions Index Score	72 index★	71 index	2024
Independence	29	no official date of independence: 927 (minor English kingdoms unite); 3 March 1284 (enactment of the Statute of Rhuddlan uniting England and Wales); 1536 (Act of Union incorporates England and Wales); 1 May 1707 (Acts of Union unite England, Scotland, and	2025
LGBT Rights Index Score	3.07	10.98★	2019
Prison Population Rate	392 per 100,000	139.33 per 100,000★	2025
Public Sector Corruption Perception	72	71★	2024
Suffrage Participation Rate	18	18	2025

Health

23 metrics

Metric	🇸🇨 Seychelles	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Year
Access to Safe Drinking Water	64.7 %	99.82 %★	2024
Average BMI for Adults	25.5 kg/m²	27.3 kg/m²★	2016
Change in Measles Immunization Rate	97 %★	89 %	2024
Diabetes Deaths Per 100,000 (Age-Std)	31.37	8.38★	2021
Diabetes Prevalence (% of Population)	9.3★	7.4	2024
Female Life Expectancy Leaders	76.3 years	81.39 years★	2024
Global Stillbirth Rate Trends	0.75 per 1,000 births	0.25 per 1,000 births★	2023
Health Care Spending per Capita	1,404.85 USD	7,011.86 USD★	2026
Health Coverage Index Score	80 score	88 score★	2023
Health Expenditure (% of GDP)	5.3 % of GDP	11.3 % of GDP★	2025
Highest Male Life Expectancy	76.3 years	81.39 years★	2024
HIV/AIDS Adult Prevalence Rate	NA	NA	2022
Hospital Bed Density	3.2 people/sq km★	2.4 people/sq km	2025
Hospital Beds per Capita	2.68 beds per 1,000★	2.42 beds per 1,000	2022
Low Birth Weight Prevalence	12.48 %	6.83 %★	2020
Maternal Mortality Ratio (%)	42 %	8 %★	2025
Nurses and Midwives Density	7.32 per 1,000 people	9.55 per 1,000 people★	2023
Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate (%)	14 %★	27.8 %	2025
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending	27.96 %	14.63 %★	2023
People Living With HIV/AIDS	NA	NA	2021
Psychiatrist Density Per 100,000 People	4 per 100,000 people	14 per 100,000 people★	2019
Total Number of Doctors	6.6★	3.14	2022
Underweight Children Under 5	3.6	NA	2022

Military and Security

3 metrics

Metric	🇸🇨 Seychelles	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Year
Active Military Personnel	0 personnel	150,000 personnel★	2022
Military Expenditure (% of GDP)	1.24 %★	2.35 %	2025
Total Armed Forces Personnel (PPP)	0	153,000★	2020

People and Society

37 metrics

Metric	🇸🇨 Seychelles	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Year
Currently married (Percent)	43.19 %	46.59 %★	2026
Human Capital Index	0.67	0.79★	2026
Life expectancy at birth	78.15 years	83.69 years★	2026
Median age of population	34.56 years	40.33 years★	2026
Population Change	2,226.6 persons	377,688.2 persons★	2026
Population density	296.01 per sq. km	288.63 per sq. km★	2026
Total population	135,138.5 persons	69.96M persons★	2026
Academic Freedom Index	0.93★	0.67	2025
Beer Consumption per Capita	4.78 liters★	3.54 liters	2022
Birth Rate (%)	11.59 %★	10.76 %	2025
Contraceptive Prevalence Rate	NA	76.1 %	2024
Crude Birth Rate	11 per 1,000 people★	9.89 per 1,000 people	2024
Death Rate (%)	7.02 %★	9.25 %	2025
Education Expenditure (% of GDP)	4.5 % of GDP	5.9 % of GDP★	2025
Female population of reproductive age	30,496.3 persons	15.28M persons★	2026
Female Tertiary Enrollment Rate (%)	18.56 %	93.5 %★	2023
Fixed Broadband Penetration Rate	31.6 %	42.16 %★	2024
Global Average Sex Ratio at Birth	103.38 male/female	105.42 male/female★	2023
Human Development Index	0.51	0.78★	2020
Labor Force Participation Rate	51,000★	35.28	2024
Learning-adjusted years of school	10.8 years	11.65 years★	2026
Length of paid parental leave for mother	0 days	0 days	2026
Major Urban Areas Population	28,000 people★	9.65 people	2025
Mean Male Height (cm)	174.22	177.49★	1996
Military Service Age and Obligation	18★	16	2025
Old-Age Dependency Ratio	11.65 %★	30.33 %	2023
Percentage of population by degree of urbanization	80.4 %	86.48 %★	2026
Physician Density	2.25 people/sq km	3.3 people/sq km★	2025
Population Growth Rate	0.53 %★	0.4 %	2025
Population living in slums	43.35 %★	0.16 %	2026
Primary School Pupil-Teacher Ratio	14.03★	15.13	2017
Total deaths	1,031.7 persons★	675,626.2 persons	2026
Total fertility rate	2.05 per woman★	1.53 per woman	2026
Total net-migration	1,494.1 persons	375,700.7 persons★	2026
Under-five mortality rate	10.98 per live births	4.03 per live births★	2026
Urban Population Annual Growth Rate	1.55 %★	0.39 %	2025
Voting Age Population	91.4 millions★	60.45 millions	2015

Transportation

4 metrics

Metric	🇸🇨 Seychelles	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Year
Air Travel Trips Per Capita (PPP)	7.2★	2.25	2019
Airports	16	1,057★	2025
Civil Air Travel	1	618★	1992
Heliports	6	139★	2025

Travel and Tourism

1 metric

Metric	🇸🇨 Seychelles	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Year	Share
Tourism Receipts per Capita	1.02B USD	73.51B USD★	2023

Other

1 metric

Metric	🇸🇨 Seychelles	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Year	Share
Current Bank Rate	1.75 %	3.75 %★	2026

Frequently Asked Questions About Seychelles vs United Kingdom

Which has a larger population, Seychelles or United Kingdom?▾

United Kingdom. United Kingdom has 518 times as many people as Seychelles (69.96 million vs 135,139). Data for 2026.

Which has a bigger economy, Seychelles or United Kingdom?▾

United Kingdom. United Kingdom's economy is 1,488 times the size of Seychelles's ($4.1 trillion vs $2.76 billion GDP). Data for 2026.

Which is richer per person, Seychelles or United Kingdom?▾

United Kingdom is richer per person: GDP per capita is about $58,622 in United Kingdom vs $20,397 in Seychelles (2026 GDP in current US dollars divided by population).