How much coast is there?

Madagascar’s coastline is 9.8 times as long as the Seychelles’.

Madagascar: 4,828 km (2026 edition) · Seychelles: 491 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Madagascar’s highest peak towers 1,971 m above the Seychelles’.

Madagascar: 2,876 m (2026 edition) · Seychelles: 905 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Madagascar has 267 times as many people as the Seychelles.

Madagascar: 32.7 million (2025) · Seychelles: 122,730 (2025)

How crowded is it?

The Seychelles is 4.7 times as densely populated as Madagascar.

Madagascar: 56 per km² (2025) · Seychelles: 267 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in the Seychelles is 15 years older than in Madagascar.

Madagascar: 18.9 years (2023) · Seychelles: 33.7 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Madagascar have 2.1 more children on average than in the Seychelles.

Madagascar: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Seychelles: 1.85 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

8.7% of people in the Seychelles are 65 or older, versus 3.5% in Madagascar.

Madagascar: 3.5% (2025) · Seychelles: 8.7% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Madagascar: 0.3 (2025) · Seychelles: no data

How many official languages?

The Seychelles has 3 official languages, Madagascar 2.

Madagascar: 2 (2026) · Seychelles: 3 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Madagascar’s economy is 8.2 times the size of the Seychelles’.

Madagascar: $19.6 billion (2025) · Seychelles: $2.39 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

The Seychelles produces 18 times as much per person as Madagascar.

Madagascar: Int$1,952 (2025) · Seychelles: Int$35,854 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Madagascar than in the Seychelles (Gini 4.7 points higher).

Madagascar: 36.8 (2021) · Seychelles: 32.1 (2018)

How many people are looking for work?

Madagascar: 3% (2025) · Seychelles: no data

How much goes to the military?

The Seychelles and Madagascar are practically level.

Madagascar: 0.7% (2024) · Seychelles: 1.2% (2024)

How expensive is it?

The Seychelles’ price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Madagascar’s.

Madagascar: 31% (2025) · Seychelles: 54% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

The Seychelles spends 44 times as much on health per person as Madagascar.

Madagascar: $17 (2023) · Seychelles: $766 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Madagascar is 3.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in the Seychelles.

Madagascar: 43 per 1,000 (2024) · Seychelles: 12.9 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

The Seychelles has 38 times as many doctors per person as Madagascar.

Madagascar: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Seychelles: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

35% of adults in the Seychelles are obese, versus 4.1% in Madagascar.

Madagascar: 4.1% (2024) · Seychelles: 34.9% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

26% of adults in Madagascar smoke, versus 17% in the Seychelles.

Madagascar: 25.6% (2024) · Seychelles: 17.3% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

Madagascar: 4.17 (2025) · Seychelles: no data

How much do people drink?

Adults in the Seychelles drink 12 times as much alcohol as in Madagascar.

Madagascar: 0.7 litres (2023) · Seychelles: 9 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

The Seychelles has 13 times as much meat per person as Madagascar.

Madagascar: 5.3 kg (2023) · Seychelles: 70.7 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

The Seychelles has 910 kcal more food per person per day than Madagascar.

Madagascar: 1,978 kcal (2023) · Seychelles: 2,888 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Madagascar: 1,799 hours (2023) · Seychelles: no data

How long do people go to school?

Adults in the Seychelles went to school 6.6 years longer than in Madagascar.

Madagascar: 4.6 years (2023) · Seychelles: 11.2 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

The Seychelles welcomed 204 times as many tourists per resident as Madagascar (2019).

Madagascar: 0.01 (2019) · Seychelles: 2.77 (2022)

How many people are online?

88% of people in the Seychelles are online, versus 19% in Madagascar.

Madagascar: 19% (2024) · Seychelles: 88% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in the Seychelles have electricity, versus 43% in Madagascar.

Madagascar: 42.5% (2024) · Seychelles: 100% (2024)

How many live in cities?

45% of people in the Seychelles live in cities, versus 33% in Madagascar.

Madagascar: 33% (2025) · Seychelles: 45% (2025)

How many phones per person?

The Seychelles has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Madagascar 75.

Madagascar: 75 (2023) · Seychelles: 126 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Madagascar: 673 km (2021) · Seychelles: no data

How much do they fly?

Airlines from the Seychelles fly 202 times as many passengers per resident as those from Madagascar.

Madagascar: 0.01 (2023) · Seychelles: 1.93 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 73% of the Seychelles, but only 21% of Madagascar.

Madagascar: 21.3% (2023) · Seychelles: 73.3% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in the Seychelles emits 35 times as much CO₂ as someone in Madagascar.

Madagascar: 0.1 t (2024) · Seychelles: 5 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

42% of Madagascar’s electricity is renewable, versus 16% in the Seychelles.

Madagascar: 42.4% (2024) · Seychelles: 15.9% (2024)

How clean is the air?

The air in Madagascar carries 68% more fine dust than in the Seychelles.

Madagascar: 11.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Seychelles: 6.9 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

Madagascar: no data · Seychelles: 8 per 100k (2022)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Madagascar are 3.4 times as deadly as in the Seychelles.

Madagascar: 22.5 per 100k (2021) · Seychelles: 6.6 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

The Seychelles is on average 3.6 °C warmer than Madagascar.

Madagascar: 23°C (2016–2025 avg) · Seychelles: 26.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

The Seychelles gets 41% more rain than Madagascar.

Madagascar: 1,384 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Seychelles: 1,948 mm (2016–2025 avg)