Country
Seychelles Argentina
Leader
Population
90,846 42,610,981
Life Expectancy
74.010 years 77.320 years
Capital City
Victoria Buenos Aires
Largest city
Victoria (population: 22,881) Buenos Aires (population: 13,076,300)
Human Development Index
0.836 0.86 GDP per capita $26,200 US $18,200 US
Literacy Rate
91.8% 97.2%
Corruption Perception Index
4.8 2.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.5% 39.8% Wealthiest Citizens NA Gregorio Perez Companc & family ($1.8bn US) Unemployment Rate 2.000% 7.200%
Death Penalty
Abolished Abolished
Political System
republic republic
Independence date
29 June 1976 (from UK) 9 July 1816 (from Spain) Religions Roman Catholic 82.3%, Anglican 6.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.1%, other Christian 3.4%, Hindu 2.1%, Muslim 1.1%, other non-Christian 1.5%, unspecified 1.5%, none 0.6% (2002 census) nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4% Languages Creole 91.8%, English 4.9% (official), other 3.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2002 census) Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French Exports canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports) soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat External Debt $1,453,000,000 $ $130,200,000,000 US Exchange Rate Seychelles rupees (SCR) per US dollar - 8 (2008 est.), 6.5 (2007), 5.5 (2006), 5.5 (2005), 5.5 (2004) Argentine pesos (ARS) per US dollar - 3.1636 (2008 est.), 3.1105 (2007), 3.0543 (2006), 2.9037 (2005), 2.9233 (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 0.800% 0.500% Beijing Olympics Medal Count 0 6 Location archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay Area 455 km sq 2,780,400 km sq Coastline 491 km 4,989 km Climate tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May) mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
