How much coast is there?

The Maldives’ coastline is 31% longer than the Seychelles’.

Maldives: 644 km (2026 edition) · Seychelles: 491 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

The Seychelles’ highest peak towers 900 m above the Maldives’.

Maldives: 5 m (2026 edition) · Seychelles: 905 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

The Maldives has 4.3 times as many people as the Seychelles.

Maldives: 529,676 (2025) · Seychelles: 122,730 (2025)

How crowded is it?

The Maldives is 6.7 times as densely populated as the Seychelles.

Maldives: 1,777 per km² (2025) · Seychelles: 267 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in the Seychelles is 2.5 years older than in the Maldives.

Maldives: 31.1 years (2023) · Seychelles: 33.7 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in the Seychelles have 0.3 more children on average than in the Maldives.

Maldives: 1.56 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 5.0% in the Maldives.

Maldives: 5% (2025) · Seychelles: 8.7% (2025)

How many official languages?

The Seychelles has 3 official languages, the Maldives 1.

Maldives: 1 (2026) · Seychelles: 3 (2026)

How big is the economy?

The Maldives’ economy is 3.2 times the size of the Seychelles’.

Maldives: $7.74 billion (2025) · Seychelles: $2.39 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

The Seychelles produces 26% more per person than the Maldives.

Maldives: Int$28,555 (2025) · Seychelles: Int$35,854 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in the Seychelles than in the Maldives (Gini 2.8 points higher).

Maldives: 29.3 (2019) · Seychelles: 32.1 (2018)

How many people are looking for work?

Maldives: 4.5% (2025) · Seychelles: no data

How much goes to the military?

Maldives: no data · Seychelles: 1.2% (2024)

How expensive is it?

The Seychelles’ price level (US = 100) is 1.1× the Maldives’.

Maldives: 51% (2025) · Seychelles: 54% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

The Maldives spends 51% more on health per person than the Seychelles.

Maldives: $1,159 (2023) · Seychelles: $766 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in the Seychelles is 2.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in the Maldives.

Maldives: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Seychelles: 12.9 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

The Seychelles has 3 times as many doctors per person as the Maldives.

Maldives: 2.2 per 1,000 (2019) · Seychelles: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

35% of adults in the Seychelles are obese, versus 18% in the Maldives.

Maldives: 18.1% (2024) · Seychelles: 34.9% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

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

Maldives: 25.5% (2024) · Seychelles: 17.3% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

Maldives: 5.20 (2020) · Seychelles: no data

How much do people drink?

Adults in the Seychelles drink 3.7 times as much alcohol as in the Maldives.

Maldives: 2.5 litres (2023) · Seychelles: 9 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

The Seychelles has 2.4 times as much meat per person as the Maldives.

Maldives: 29.6 kg (2023) · Seychelles: 70.7 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

The Seychelles has 217 kcal more food per person per day than the Maldives.

Maldives: 2,671 kcal (2023) · Seychelles: 2,888 kcal (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in the Seychelles went to school 3.8 years longer than in the Maldives.

Maldives: 7.4 years (2023) · Seychelles: 11.2 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

The Maldives welcomed 15% more tourists per resident than the Seychelles (2019).

Maldives: 3.2 (2022) · Seychelles: 2.77 (2022)

How many people are online?

88% of people in the Seychelles are online, versus 85% in the Maldives.

Maldives: 85% (2024) · Seychelles: 88% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

The Maldives and the Seychelles are practically level.

Maldives: 100% (2024) · Seychelles: 100% (2024)

How many live in cities?

45% of people in the Seychelles live in cities, versus 43% in the Maldives.

Maldives: 43% (2025) · Seychelles: 45% (2025)

How many phones per person?

The Maldives has 148 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the Seychelles 126.

Maldives: 148 (2024) · Seychelles: 126 (2024)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from the Maldives fly 38% more passengers per resident than those from the Seychelles.

Maldives: 2.67 (2023) · Seychelles: 1.93 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 73% of the Seychelles, but only 2.8% of the Maldives.

Maldives: 2.8% (2023) · Seychelles: 73.3% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in the Seychelles emits 14% more CO₂ than someone in the Maldives.

Maldives: 4.4 t (2024) · Seychelles: 5 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

16% of the Seychelles’ electricity is renewable, versus 7.1% in the Maldives.

Maldives: 7.1% (2024) · Seychelles: 15.9% (2024)

How clean is the air?

The air in the Maldives carries 55% more fine dust than in the Seychelles.

Maldives: 10.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Seychelles: 6.9 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 13 times as likely to be murdered in the Seychelles as in the Maldives.

Maldives: 0.6 per 100k (2019) · Seychelles: 8 per 100k (2022)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in the Seychelles are 5.1 times as deadly as in the Maldives.

Maldives: 1.3 per 100k (2021) · Seychelles: 6.6 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Maldives: no data · Seychelles: 26.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Maldives: no data · Seychelles: 1,948 mm (2016–2025 avg)