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"intro": {
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"background": {
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"text": "A lengthy struggle between France and Great Britain for the islands ended in 1814, when they were ceded to the latter. Independence came in 1976. Socialist rule was brought to a close with a new constitution and free elections in 1993. President France-Albert RENE, who had served since 1977, was re-elected in 2001, but stepped down in 2004. Vice President James MICHEL took over the presidency and in July 2006 was elected to a new five-year term; he was reelected in May 2011."
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}
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},
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"geo": {
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"location": {
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"text": "archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar"
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},
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"geographic_coordinates": {
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"text": "4 35 S, 55 40 E"
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},
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"map_references": {
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"text": "Africa"
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},
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"area": {
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"total": "455 sq km",
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"land": "455 sq km",
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"water": "0 sq km"
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},
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"area_comparative": {
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"text": "2.5 times the size of Washington, DC"
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},
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"land_boundaries": {
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"text": "0 km"
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},
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"coastline": {
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"text": "491 km"
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},
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"maritime_claims": {
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"territorial_sea": "12 nm",
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"contiguous_zone": "24 nm",
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"exclusive_economic_zone": "200 nm",
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"continental_shelf": "200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin"
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},
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"climate": {
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"text": "tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May)"
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},
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"terrain": {
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"text": "Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky, hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs"
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},
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"elevation_extremes": {
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"lowest_point": "Indian Ocean 0 m",
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"highest_point": "Morne Seychellois 905 m"
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},
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"natural_resources": {
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"text": "fish, copra, cinnamon trees"
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},
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"land_use": {
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"arable_land": "2.17%",
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"permanent_crops": "4.35%",
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"other": "93.48% (2011)"
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},
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"irrigated_land": {
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"text": "2.6 sq km (2003)"
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},
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"natural_hazards": {
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"text": "lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare; occasional short droughts"
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},
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"environment_current_issues": {
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"text": "water supply depends on catchments to collect rainwater"
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},
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"environment_international_agreements": {
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"party_to": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands",
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"signed_but_not_ratified": "none of the selected agreements"
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},
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"geography_note": {
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"text": "41 granitic and about 75 coralline islands"
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}
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},
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"people": {
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"nationality": {
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"noun": "Seychellois (singular and plural)",
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"adjective": "Seychellois"
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},
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"ethnic_groups": {
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"text": "mixed French, African, Indian, Chinese, and Arab"
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},
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"languages": {
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"text": "Creole 91.8%, English (official) 4.9%, other 3.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2002 census)"
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},
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"religions": {
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"text": "Roman Catholic 82.3%, Protestant 7.5% (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)"
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},
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"population": {
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"text": "90,846 (July 2013 est.)"
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},
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"age_structure": {
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"0_14_years": "21.2% (male 9,852/female 9,364)",
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"15_24_years": "14.6% (male 6,932/female 6,293)",
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"25_54_years": "49.3% (male 23,471/female 21,306)",
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"55_64_years": "7.8% (male 3,663/female 3,378)",
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"65_years_and_over": "7.3% (male 2,520/female 4,067) (2013 est.)"
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},
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"dependency_ratios": {
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"total_dependency_ratio": "42.6 %",
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"youth_dependency_ratio": "31.6 %",
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"elderly_dependency_ratio": "11 %",
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"potential_support_ratio": "9.1 (2013)"
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},
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"median_age": {
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"total": "33.4 years",
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"male": "33 years",
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"female": "34 years (2013 est.)"
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},
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"population_growth_rate": {
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"text": "0.9% (2013 est.)"
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},
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"birth_rate": {
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"text": "14.85 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)"
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},
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"death_rate": {
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"text": "6.89 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)"
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},
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"net_migration_rate": {
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"text": "1.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)"
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},
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"urbanization": {
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"urban_population": "53.6% of total population (2011)",
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"rate_of_urbanization": "1.05% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)"
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},
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"major_urban_areas_population": {
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"text": "VICTORIA (capital) 26,000 (2009)"
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},
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"sex_ratio": {
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"at_birth": "1.03 male(s)/female",
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"0_14_years": "1.05 male(s)/female",
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"15_24_years": "1.09 male(s)/female",
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"25_54_years": "1.1 male(s)/female",
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"55_64_years": "1.09 male(s)/female",
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"65_years_and_over": "0.61 male(s)/female",
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"total_population": "1.04 male(s)/female (2013 est.)"
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},
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"infant_mortality_rate": {
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"total": "11.06 deaths/1,000 live births",
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"male": "13.85 deaths/1,000 live births",
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"female": "8.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)"
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},
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"life_expectancy_at_birth": {
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"total_population": "74.01 years",
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"male": "69.4 years",
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"female": "78.76 years (2013 est.)"
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},
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"total_fertility_rate": {
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"text": "1.89 children born/woman (2013 est.)"
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},
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"health_expenditures": {
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"text": "3.4% of GDP (2010)"
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},
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"physicians_density": {
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"text": "1.51 physicians/1,000 population (2004)"
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},
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"hospital_bed_density": {
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"text": "3.6 beds/1,000 population (2011)"
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},
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"drinking_water_source": {
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"improved": "urban: 100% of population (2010 est.)"
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},
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"sanitation_facility_access": {
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"improved": "urban: 98% of population",
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"unimproved": "urban: 2% of population (2010 est.)"
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},
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"hiv_aids_adult_prevalence_rate": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"hiv_aids_people_living_with_hiv_aids": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"hiv_aids_deaths": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"obesity_adult_prevalence_rate": {
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"text": "23.9% (2008)"
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},
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"education_expenditures": {
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"text": "4.8% of GDP (2006)"
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},
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"literacy": {
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"definition": "age 15 and over can read and write",
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"total_population": "91.8%",
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"male": "91.4%",
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"female": "92.3% (2011 est.)"
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},
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"school_life_expectancy_primary_to_tertiary_education": {
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"total": "13 years",
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"male": "13 years",
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"female": "14 years (2011)"
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},
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"unemployment_youth_ages_15_24": {
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"total": "20.3% (2002)"
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}
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},
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"govt": {
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"country_name": {
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"conventional_long_form": "Republic of Seychelles",
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"conventional_short_form": "Seychelles",
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"local_long_form": "Republic of Seychelles",
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"local_short_form": "Seychelles"
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},
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"government_type": {
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"text": "republic"
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},
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"capital": {
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"name": "Victoria",
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"geographic_coordinates": "4 37 S, 55 27 E",
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"time_difference": "UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)"
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},
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"administrative_divisions": {
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"text": "25 administrative districts; Anse aux Pins, Anse Boileau, Anse Etoile, Anse Royale, Au Cap, Baie Lazare, Baie Sainte Anne, Beau Vallon, Bel Air, Bel Ombre, Cascade, Glacis, Grand Anse Mahe, Grand Anse Praslin, Inner Islands, La Riviere Anglaise, Les Mamalles, Mont Buxton, Mont Fleuri, Plaisance, Pointe Larue, Port Glaud, Roche Caiman, Saint Louis, Takamaka"
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},
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"independence": {
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"text": "29 June 1976 (from the UK)"
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},
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"national_holiday": {
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"text": "Constitution Day (National Day), 18 June (1993)"
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},
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"constitution": {
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"text": "18 June 1993"
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},
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"legal_system": {
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"text": "mixed legal system of English common law, French civil law, and customary law"
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},
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"international_law_organization_participation": {
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"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
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},
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"suffrage": {
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"text": "18 years of age; universal"
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},
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"executive_branch": {
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"chief_of_state": "President James Alix MICHEL (since 14 April 2004); Vice President Danny FAURE (since 1 July 2010); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government",
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"head_of_government": "President James Alix MICHEL (since 14 April 2004); Vice President Danny FAURE (since 1 July 2010)",
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"cabinet": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president",
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"elections": "president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for two more terms); election last held on 19-21 May 2011 (next to be held in 2016)",
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"election_results": "President James MICHEL elected president; percent of vote - James MICHEL 55.5%, Wavel RAMKALAWAN 41.4%, Philippe BOULLE 1.7%, Ralph VOLCERE 1.5%; note - this was the second election in which President James MICHEL participated; he was originally sworn in as president after former president France Albert RENE stepped down in April 2004"
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},
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"legislative_branch": {
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"text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (34 seats; 25 members elected by popular vote, 9 allocated on a proportional basis to parties winning at least 10% of the vote; members to serve five-year terms)",
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"elections": "last held on 29 September - 1 October 2011 (next to be held in 2016); note - the National Assembly was dissolved in July 2011 resulting in early elections",
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"election_results": "percent of vote by party - PL 88.6%, PDM 10.9%, independents 0.6%; seats by party - PL 31, vacant - 3; note - the ruling SPPF changed its name to People's Party (Party Lepep) in June 2009; the SNP and NDP boycotted the 2011 elections"
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},
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"judicial_branch": {
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"highest_courts": "Seychelles Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and 4 justices; Supreme Court of Seychelles (consists of the chief justice and 5 pusine judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 3 Supreme Court judges)",
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"judge_selection_and_term_of_office": "all judges appointed by the president of the republic upon the recommendation of the Constitutional Appointments Committee, a 3-member body, with 1 member appointed by the president of the republic, 1 by the opposition leader in the National Assembly, and 1 by the other 2 appointees; judges appointed until retirement at age 70",
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"subordinate_courts": "Magistrates' Courts of Seychelles; Family Tribunal for issues such as domestic violence, and child custody and maintenance"
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},
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"political_parties_and_leaders": {
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"text": "Democratic Party or DP [James MANCHAM, Paul CHOW]; New Democratic Party or NDP; People's Party (Parti Lepep) or PL [France Albert RENE]; Popular Democratic Movement or PDM; Seychelles National Party or SNP [Wavel RAMKALAWAN] (formerly the United Opposition or UO)"
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},
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"political_pressure_groups_and_leaders": {
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"text": "Roman Catholic Church",
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"other": "trade unions"
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},
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"international_organization_participation": {
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, C, CD, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
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},
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"diplomatic_representation_in_the_us": {
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"chief_of_mission": "Ambassador Marie-Louise Cecile POTTER",
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"chancery": "800 Second Avenue, Suite 400C, New York, NY 10017",
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"telephone": "[1] (212) 972-1785",
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"fax": "[1] (212) 972-1786",
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"consulates_general": "Los Angeles"
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},
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"diplomatic_representation_from_the_us": {
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"text": "the US does not have an embassy in Seychelles; the ambassador to Mauritius is accredited to Seychelles"
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},
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"flag_description": {
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"text": "five oblique bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, red, white, and green (bottom) radiating from the bottom of the hoist side; the oblique bands are meant to symbolize a dynamic new country moving into the future; blue represents sky and sea, yellow the sun giving light and life, red the peoples' determination to work for the future in unity and love, white social justice and harmony, green the land and natural environment"
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},
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"national_anthem": {
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"name": "\"Koste Seselwa\" (Seychellois Unite)",
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"lyrics_music": "David Francois Marc ANDRE and George Charles Robert PAYET",
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"note": "adopted 1996"
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}
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},
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"econ": {
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"economy_overview": {
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"text": "since independence in 1976, per capita output in this Indian Ocean archipelago has expanded to roughly seven times the pre-independence, near-subsistence level, moving the island into the upper-middle-income group of countries. Growth has been led by the tourist sector, which employs about 30% of the labor force and provides more than 70% of hard currency earnings, and by tuna fishing. In recent years, the government has encouraged foreign investment to upgrade hotels and other services. At the same time, the government has moved to reduce the dependence on tourism by promoting the development of farming, fishing, and small-scale manufacturing. In July 2008 the government defaulted on a Euro amortizing note worth roughly US$80 million, leading to a downgrading of Seychelles credit rating. In an effort to obtain loans to service its debt, Seychelles in November 2008 signed a standby arrangement with the IMF that mandated floating the exchange rate, removing foreign exchange controls, cutting government spending, and tightening monetary policy. In response to Seychelles' successful implementation of these policies, the IMF upgraded Seychelles to a three-year extended fund facility (EFF) of $31 million in December 2009. In 2008, GDP fell more than 1% due to declining tourism and the initial effects of liberalization, but the economy recovered in 2010-11 after the reforms took hold and tourism increased. Growth slowed again in 2012 with flagging tourism from Russia and the United Arab Emirates. Seychelles is attempting to implement further structural reforms, including overhauling the tax system, reorganizing of state enterprises, and deregulating the finance and communications sectors."
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},
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"gdp_purchasing_power_parity": {
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"text": "$2.355 billion (2012 est.); $2.292 billion (2011 est.); $2.182 billion (2010 est.)",
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"note": "data are in 2012 US dollars"
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},
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"gdp_official_exchange_rate": {
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"text": "$1.031 billion (2012 est.)"
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},
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"gdp_real_growth_rate": {
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"text": "2.8% (2012 est.); 5% (2011 est.); 5.6% (2010 est.)"
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},
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"gdp_per_capita_ppp": {
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"text": "$25,600 (2012 est.); $25,200 (2011 est.); $24,300 (2010 est.)",
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"note": "data are in 2012 US dollars"
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},
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"gross_national_saving": {
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"text": "18.9% of GDP (2012 est.); 11.6% of GDP (2011 est.); 8.4% of GDP (2010 est.)"
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},
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"gdp_composition_by_end_use": {
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"household_consumption": "99.1%",
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"government_consumption": "13.4%",
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"investment_in_fixed_capital": "37.2%",
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"investment_in_inventories": "0%",
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"exports_of_goods_and_services": "41.1%",
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"imports_of_goods_and_services": "-101.2% (2012 est.)"
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},
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"gdp_composition_by_sector_of_origin": {
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"agriculture": "2%",
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"industry": "18.7%",
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"services": "79.3% (2012 est.)"
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},
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"agriculture_products": {
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"text": "coconuts, cinnamon, vanilla, sweet potatoes, cassava (tapioca), copra, bananas; poultry; tuna"
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},
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"industries": {
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"text": "fishing, tourism, processing of coconuts and vanilla, coir (coconut fiber) rope, boat building, printing, furniture; beverages"
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},
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"industrial_production_growth_rate": {
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"text": "4% (2012 est.)"
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},
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"labor_force": {
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"text": "39,560 (2006)"
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},
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"labor_force_by_occupation": {
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"agriculture": "3%",
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"industry": "23%",
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"services": "74% (2006)"
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},
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"unemployment_rate": {
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"text": "2% (2006 est.)"
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},
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"population_below_poverty_line": {
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"text": "NA%"
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},
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"household_income_or_consumption_by_percentage_share": {
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"lowest_10%": "4.7%",
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"highest_10%": "15.4% (2007)"
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},
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"budget": {
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"revenues": "$438.3 million",
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"expenditures": "$415.4 million (2012 est.)"
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},
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"taxes_and_other_revenues": {
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"text": "42.5% of GDP (2012 est.)"
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},
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"budget_surplus_+_or_deficit": {
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"text": "2.2% of GDP (2012 est.)"
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},
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"public_debt": {
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"text": "61.8% of GDP (2012 est.); 74.6% of GDP (2011 est.)"
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},
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"fiscal_year": {
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"text": "calendar year"
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},
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"inflation_rate_consumer_prices": {
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"text": "7.1% (2012 est.); 2.6% (2011 est.)"
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},
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"central_bank_discount_rate": {
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"text": "11.17% (31 December 2010 est.)"
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},
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"commercial_bank_prime_lending_rate": {
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"text": "12.19% (31 December 2012 est.); 11.19% (31 December 2011 est.)"
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},
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"stock_of_narrow_money": {
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"text": "$301.5 million (31 December 2012 est.); $302.3 million (31 December 2011 est.)"
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},
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"stock_of_broad_money": {
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"text": "$553.4 million (31 December 2011 est.); $598.9 million (31 December 2010 est.)"
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},
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"stock_of_domestic_credit": {
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"text": "$408.1 million (31 December 2012 est.); $422.3 million (31 December 2011 est.)"
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},
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"market_value_of_publicly_traded_shares": {
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"text": "$NA"
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},
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"current_account_balance": {
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"text": "-$179.8 million (2012 est.); -$211.1 million (2011 est.)"
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},
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"exports": {
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"text": "$493.3 million (2012 est.); $478 million (2011 est.)"
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},
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"exports_commodities": {
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"text": "canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports)"
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},
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"exports_partners": {
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"text": "France 27.8%, UK 17.7%, Japan 15.3%, Italy 10.7% (2012)"
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},
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"imports": {
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"text": "$889.6 million (2012 est.); $879.6 million (2011 est.)"
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},
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"imports_commodities": {
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"text": "machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals, other manufactured goods"
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},
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"imports_partners": {
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"text": "Saudi Arabia 23.2%, Spain 11.9%, France 5.8% (2012)"
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},
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"reserves_of_foreign_exchange_and_gold": {
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"text": "$318.7 million (31 December 2012 est.); $290.3 million (31 December 2011 est.)"
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},
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"debt_external": {
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"text": "$1.776 billion (31 December 2012 est.); $1.779 billion (31 December 2011 est.)"
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},
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"exchange_rates": {
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"text": "Seychelles rupees (SCR) per US dollar -; 13.704 (2012 est.); 12.381 (2011 est.); 12.068 (2010 est.); 13.61 (2009); 8 (2008)"
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}
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},
|
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"energy": {
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"electricity_production": {
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"text": "245 million kWh (2009 est.)"
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},
|
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"electricity_consumption": {
|
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"text": "227.9 million kWh (2009 est.)"
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},
|
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"electricity_exports": {
|
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"text": "0 kWh (2010 est.)"
|
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},
|
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"electricity_imports": {
|
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"text": "0 kWh (2010 est.)"
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},
|
|
"electricity_installed_generating_capacity": {
|
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"text": "95,000 kW (2009 est.)"
|
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},
|
|
"electricity_from_fossil_fuels": {
|
|
"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_from_nuclear_fuels": {
|
|
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_from_hydroelectric_plants": {
|
|
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_from_other_renewable_sources": {
|
|
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"crude_oil_production": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"crude_oil_exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2009 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"crude_oil_imports": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2009 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"crude_oil_proved_reserves": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"refined_petroleum_products_production": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2008 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"refined_petroleum_products_consumption": {
|
|
"text": "7,793 bbl/day (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"refined_petroleum_products_exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2008 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"refined_petroleum_products_imports": {
|
|
"text": "6,923 bbl/day (2008 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"natural_gas_production": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"natural_gas_consumption": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"natural_gas_exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"natural_gas_imports": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"natural_gas_proved_reserves": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"carbon_dioxide_emissions_from_consumption_of_energy": {
|
|
"text": "1.245 million Mt (2010 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"comm": {
|
|
"telephones_main_lines_in_use": {
|
|
"text": "27,900 (2011)"
|
|
},
|
|
"telephones_mobile_cellular": {
|
|
"text": "126,600 (2011)"
|
|
},
|
|
"telephone_system": {
|
|
"general_assessment": "effective system",
|
|
"domestic": "combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 170 telephones per 100 persons; radiotelephone communications between islands in the archipelago",
|
|
"international": "country code - 248; direct radiotelephone communications with adjacent island countries and African coastal countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2011)"
|
|
},
|
|
"broadcast_media": {
|
|
"text": "the government operates the only terrestrial TV station, which provides local programming and airs broadcasts from international services; multi-channel cable and satellite TV are available; the government operates 1 AM and 1 FM radio station; transmissions of 2 international broadcasters are accessible in Victoria (2007)"
|
|
},
|
|
"internet_country_code": {
|
|
"text": ".sc"
|
|
},
|
|
"internet_hosts": {
|
|
"text": "247 (2012)"
|
|
},
|
|
"internet_users": {
|
|
"text": "32,000 (2008)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"trans": {
|
|
"airports": {
|
|
"text": "14 (2013)"
|
|
},
|
|
"airports_with_paved_runways": {
|
|
"total": "7",
|
|
"2_438_to_3_047_m": "1",
|
|
"914_to_1_523_m": "5",
|
|
"under_914_m": "1 (2013)"
|
|
},
|
|
"airports_with_unpaved_runways": {
|
|
"total": "7",
|
|
"914_to_1_523_m": "2",
|
|
"under_914_m": "5 (2013)"
|
|
},
|
|
"heliports": {
|
|
"text": "1 (2013)"
|
|
},
|
|
"roadways": {
|
|
"total": "508 km",
|
|
"paved": "490 km",
|
|
"unpaved": "18 km (2003)"
|
|
},
|
|
"merchant_marine": {
|
|
"total": "9",
|
|
"by_type": "cargo 1, carrier 1, chemical tanker 6, petroleum tanker 1",
|
|
"foreign_owned": "3 (Hong Kong 1, Nigeria 1, South Africa 1) (2010)"
|
|
},
|
|
"ports_and_terminals": {
|
|
"text": "Victoria"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"military": {
|
|
"military_branches": {
|
|
"text": "Seychelles Defense Force: Army, Coast Guard (includes Naval Wing, Air Wing), National Guard (2005)"
|
|
},
|
|
"military_service_age_and_obligation": {
|
|
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service (younger with parental consent); no conscription (2012)"
|
|
},
|
|
"manpower_available_for_military_service": {
|
|
"males_age_16_49": "26,257",
|
|
"females_age_16_49": "23,996 (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"manpower_fit_for_military_service": {
|
|
"males_age_16_49": "20,231",
|
|
"females_age_16_49": "19,891 (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"manpower_reaching_militarily_significant_age_annually": {
|
|
"male": "686",
|
|
"female": "650 (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"military_expenditures": {
|
|
"text": "0.8% of GDP (2011)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"issues": {
|
|
"disputes_international": {
|
|
"text": "Mauritius and Seychelles claim the Chagos Islands (UK-administered British Indian Ocean Territory)"
|
|
},
|
|
"trafficking_in_persons": {
|
|
"current_situation": "Seychelles is a source and destination country for Seychellois children and foreign women subjected to sex trafficking; Seychellois girls and, to a lesser extent, boys are forced into prostitution in nightclubs, bars, guest houses, hotels, brothels, private homes, and on the streets by peers, family members, and pimps; foreign tourists, sailors, and migrant workers contribute to the demand for commercial sex acts in Seychelles; some of the large population of foreign migrant workers reportedly experience the underpayment of wages and substandard housing",
|
|
"tier_rating": "Tier 2 Watch List - Seychelles does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; the government has failed to report any investigations, prosecutions, or convictions of trafficking offenses; the government also has not identified or provided protective services to any trafficking victims and punished victims for crimes committed as a result of being trafficked, although it has acknowledged the need for specialized training of officials in recognizing, investigating, and prosecuting trafficking offenses, it did not provide any such training during the reporting period (2013)"
|
|
}
|
|
}
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|
} |