The standard of life in Seychelles
Is it good to live in Seychelles? Let’s look at different indicators, characterizing the level and quality of life in this country.
The income and wealth of population
The quality of medicine and population health
Alcohol consumption and smoking
How much Seychellois are satisfiedу by their life
***The income and population wealth of Seychelles
The most important indicator which allows us to evaluate the level of economic development of the country is gross domestic product per capita. According to 2024 data, GDP, calculated by purchasing power parity, makes in Seychelles 30,3 thousand dollars per capita (for comparison, on average in the world - about 20,4 thousand dollars).
The minimum wage (MW) in Seychelles at present sets at 38.27 Seychelles rupees per hour (486 US dollars per month for a five-day week).
The indicators, characterizing the level of population provision, also include the motorization rate. Every 1000 of Seychellois have 22 cars of different kinds.
The crime rate in Seychelles up↑
One can size up population law-abidingness and law enforcement activity with the help of data about the number of murders and about the number of prisoners.
Every year in Seychelles there are 4.70 premeditated murders per 100 thousand of people.
As of 2023 year, in prisons and criminal camps of Seychelles there are 320 prisoners, or 360 inmates per 100 000 of people.
Population health up↑
The average life expectancy in Seychelles is 73.3 years (70 years among men and 77.1 years among women). For comparison, the average life expectancy in the world is 67,2 years (65 years among men and 69,5 years among women).
Alcohol consumption and smoking up↑
The exposure of the population to bad habits can also be referred to the integral part of the life quality in the country. It’s considered that in general it’s more comfortable to live where they smoke and drink less.
Lately on average the annual alcohol consumption in Seychelles has been about 20.5 of liters of pure alcohol per one person older than 15 years old (about 32 liters per one man and 9.5 liters per one woman).
What do Seychellois drink? According to the statistics, the beer content in the total amount of alcohol consumption is 67%, the wine content is 22.2%, the hard liquor content (vodka, cognac, etc.) is 10.8%.
On a constant base in Seychellois there are 20,2 % adult smokers, among them there are 34,7 % adult men and 5,8 % women. On average tobacco consumption makes 0 cigarettes per person during one year.
How much are the people satisfied by their lives in the country? up↑ It might be difficult to choose the indicator which can help to define how much the people of this or that country are satisfied by their lives. It’s easier to estimate the living conditions, the ability or failure to meet basic needs of the population. For example, there is a well-known integral indicator, used by the UN, - Human Development Index (HDI) which fully takes into the account different reasons to feel comfortable. According to 2022, HDI in Seychelles was equal to 0.785. One can indirectly evaluate the people’s satisfaction by their lives with the help of the number of suicides. It comes logically that the better their lives are organized, the fewer reasons to commit a suicide they have. Every year in Seychelles per 100 000 of people, there are 7,7 suicides (14,0) among men and 1,3 among women). Do you want to compare Seychelles with other countries with such indicators as the area of the territory, population, economy, the standard of living, etc? Fill in the gaps below with the country and choose the criteria:
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