Country
Seychelles Ecuador
Leader
Population
90,024 15,223,680
Life Expectancy
73.770 years 75.940 years
Capital City
Victoria Quito
Largest city
Victoria (population: 22,881) Guayaquil (population: 1,952,030)
Human Development Index
0.836 0.807 GDP per capita $25,000 US $8,600 US
Literacy Rate
91.8% 91%
Corruption Perception Index
4.8 2
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.5% 25% Wealthiest Citizens Unemployment Rate 2.000% 4.200%
Death Penalty
Abolished Abolished
Political System
republic republic
Independence date
29 June 1976 (from UK) 24 May 1822 (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) Roman Catholic 95%, other 5% Languages Creole 91.8%, English 4.9% (official), other 3.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2002 census) Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially Quechua) Exports canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports) petroleum, bananas, cut flowers, shrimp, cacao, coffee, hemp, wood, fish External Debt $1,470,000,000 $ $10,050,000,000 US Exchange Rate Seychelles rupees (SCR) per US dollar - 8 (2008 est.), 6.5 (2007), 5.5 (2006), 5.5 (2005), 5.5 (2004) the US dollar is used; the sucre was eliminated in 2000 Military Budget as percentage of GDP 2.000% 0.900% Beijing Olympics Medal Count 0 1 Location archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru Area 455 km sq 283,561 km sq Coastline 491 km 2,237 km Climate tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May) tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands
