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Seychelles

Sub-Saharan Africa · High income · capital Victoria

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

76.3years

Ranks 97 of 217 in 2024

2% above world median · 19% above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

14.0per 1,000 live births

Ranks 96 of 196 in 2024

6% below world median · 71% below Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

42per 100,000 live births

Ranks 93 of 194 in 2023

11% below world median · 84% below Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2012 · 14 years old

7.9% of under-5s

Ranks 9 of 45 in 2012

57% below world median · 74% below Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 45 countries reporting in 2012 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

4.48% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

29% below world median · about the same Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.85births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

2% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2010 · 16 years old

93.9% of adults 15+

Ranks 17 of 48 in 2010

about the same world median · 32% above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 48 countries reporting in 2010 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

93.4% gross

Ranks 107 of 134 in 2024

6% below world median · 5% below Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2023 · 3 years old

4.45% of GDP

Ranks 41 of 121 in 2023

22% above world median · 33% above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

19,449current US$

Ranks 59 of 186 in 2025

1.5× above world median · 13.4× above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

35,854international $

Ranks 61 of 185 in 2025

77% above world median · 7.1× above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2018 · 8 years old

0.7% of population

Ranks 38 of 93 in 2018

30% below world median · 98% below Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 93 countries reporting in 2018 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2018 · 8 years old

32.1index, 0–100

Ranks 27 of 93 in 2018

9% below world median · 14% below Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 93 countries reporting in 2018 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

0.3% per year

Not ranked — no better end

90% below world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

1.18% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

26% below world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · 73% above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

64.7% of population

Ranks 96 of 148 in 2024

20% below world median · 1.4× above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

87.8% of population

Ranks 69 of 182 in 2024

7% above world median · 1.4× above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

7.24t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

1.8× above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

122.7kpeople

Not ranked — no better end

98% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Seychelles has no figure in this dataset for Unemployment. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.