Seychelles’ drug problem threatens the success of its blue economy

The Seychelles will need to tackle its drug problem head on if it wants to develop a thriving blue economy and pay back debt raised from the first ever blue bond.

Can the Seychelles fulfil its debt obligations in the midst of a heroin epidemic?

According to the Agency for the Prevention of Drug Abuse and Rehabilitation in the Seychelles, between 5,000 and 6,000 people – from a population of around 94,000 – are addicted to heroin. This means that the Seychelles has the highest usage of heroin per capita in the entire world. 

Most of those affected (83%) are young men that haven’t been educated beyond secondary school.

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