Living in Seychelles

Seychelles runs on tourism, and the shape of the money follows from that. Pay lands in the middle of the world's range, but island prices sit high, so once a typical life is covered there is little left to build on. English is widely spoken, which eases the everyday, yet hiring stays tight in a small economy with few openings, most of them around hospitality. It can be a fine place to work without being an easy place to get ahead.

Seychelles' diaspora settles mainly in one place: of about 22.2K Seychellois abroad, the largest share — 17.7K — lives in Mozambique, with Australia a distant second. The number has grown 5% over the past decade and outnumbers the 12.8K foreign-born residents on the islands.