Seychelles

Sub-Saharan Africa · Victoria

Rank #165 of 173

15.6Strength score

Photos

Stamp of Seychelles - 1989 - Colnect 836611 - Raising French flag Seychelles 1791 — Stamp of Seychelles - 1989 - Colnect 836611 - Raising French flag Seychelles 1791Post of Seychelles · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - Sailors heave a line while mooring the ship in Victoria, Seychelles. — Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - Sailors heave a line while mooring the ship in Victoria, Seychelles.Official Navy Page from United States of America Mass Communication Specialist 3r/U.S. Navy · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

IDC Aviation Harbin Y-12 at Mahé International Airport — IDC Aviation Harbin Y-12 at Mahé International Airporttwiga_swala · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

Finance62
Air power—
Manpower0
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $28M #159
Budget as % of GDP: 1.24% #112
Spending per person: $231 #60
GDP: $2.4B #170
Population: 122,730 #174

Manpower

Active personnel: 0 (World Bank figure)
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 0

Land forces

Tanks: —
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: —
Fighter jets: —
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: —
Helicopters: —
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: —
Aircraft carriers: —
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: —
Destroyers: —
Frigates: —
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: —

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: —

Compare with…

Others in the region

37Nigeria60.1 VS
45South Africa57.5 VS
47Ethiopia51.5 VS
64Angola30.9 VS
66Congo, Dem. Rep.30.8 VS
82Sudan29.8 VS
83Uganda29.8 VS
87Eritrea29.5 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)