Country
Seychelles Trinidad and Tobago
Leader
Population
90,846 1,225,225
Life Expectancy
74.010 years 71.960 years
Capital City
Victoria Port-of-Spain
Largest city
Victoria (population: 22,881) Chaguanas (population: 72,159)
Human Development Index
0.836 0.833 GDP per capita $26,200 US $20,400 US
Literacy Rate
91.8% 98.6%
Corruption Perception Index
4.8 3.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.5% 33.3% Wealthiest Citizens Unemployment Rate 2.000% 6.300%
Death Penalty
Abolished Legal
Political System
republic parliamentary democracy
Independence date
29 June 1976 (from UK) 31 August 1962 (from UK) 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 26%, Hindu 22.5%, Anglican 7.8%, Baptist 7.2%, Pentecostal 6.8%, Muslim 5.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4%, other Christian 5.8%, other 10.8%, unspecified 1.4%, none 1.9% (2000 census) Languages Creole 91.8%, English 4.9% (official), other 3.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2002 census) English (official), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), French, Spanish, Chinese Exports canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports) petroleum and petroleum products, liquefied natural gas (LNG), methanol, ammonia, urea, steel products, beverages, cereal and cereal products, sugar, cocoa, coffee, citrus fruit, vegetables, flowers External Debt $1,453,000,000 $ $4,780,000,000 US Exchange Rate Seychelles rupees (SCR) per US dollar - 8 (2008 est.), 6.5 (2007), 5.5 (2006), 5.5 (2005), 5.5 (2004) Trinidad and Tobago dollars (TTD) per US dollar - 6.3228 (2008 est.), 6.3275 (2007), 6.3107 (2006), 6.2842 (2005), 6.299 (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 0.800% 0.600% Beijing Olympics Medal Count 0 2 Location archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela Area 455 km sq 5,128 km sq Coastline 491 km 362 km Climate tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May) tropical; rainy season (June to December)
