Migration trends in Seychelles
Africa
22.2K people from Seychelles have built lives abroad. That's 18.3% of the country population, spread across 20 different countries
121.4K
Population
12.8K
Immigrants
22.2K
Emigrants
−9.4K
Outflow
Every 6th person born in Seychelles now lives abroad
The #176 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Seychelles
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
2.9K immigrants · 10.5K emigrants
1995
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 53%
- Roughly 1 in 20 residents was now foreign-born
2005
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 41%
- Roughly 1 in 10 residents was now foreign-born
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad