Country
Seychelles Cape Verde
Leader
Population
90,024 523,568
Life Expectancy
73.770 years 71.000 years
Capital City
Victoria Praia
Largest city
Victoria (population: 22,881) Praia (population: 113,364)
Human Development Index
0.836 0.705 GDP per capita $25,000 US $4,000 US
Literacy Rate
91.8% 76.6%
Corruption Perception Index
4.8 5.1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.5% 18.1% Wealthiest Citizens Unemployment Rate 2.000% 21.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished Abolished
Political System
republic republic
Independence date
29 June 1976 (from UK) 5 July 1975 (from Portugal) 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) Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs), Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene) Languages Creole 91.8%, English 4.9% (official), other 3.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2002 census) Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words) Exports canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports) fuel, shoes, garments, fish, hides External Debt $1,470,000,000 $ $657,700,000 US Exchange Rate Seychelles rupees (SCR) per US dollar - 8 (2008 est.), 6.5 (2007), 5.5 (2006), 5.5 (2005), 5.5 (2004) Cape Verdean escudos (CVE) per US dollar - 73.84 (2008 est.), 81.235 (2007), 87.946 (2006), 88.67 (2005), 88.808 (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 2.000% 0.500% Beijing Olympics Medal Count Location archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal Area 455 km sq 4,033 km sq Coastline 491 km 965 km Climate tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May) temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and very erratic
