Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Seychelles
Seychelles: Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita was 0.904 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Seychelles, 1946–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Seychelles is 0.904, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 80 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Seychelles peaked at 0.904 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.507, in 1977.
Seychelles ranks 33rd of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 80 years of available data.
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 0.537 | — |
| 1947 | 0.537 | +0.0% |
| 1948 | 0.537 | +0.0% |
| 1949 | 0.547 | +1.9% |
| 1950 | 0.547 | +0.0% |
| 1951 | 0.547 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.547 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.547 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 0.547 | +0.0% |
| 1955 | 0.547 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 0.547 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.547 | +0.0% |
| 1958 | 0.547 | +0.0% |
| 1959 | 0.547 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 0.55 | +0.5% |
| 1961 | 0.544 | -1.1% |
| 1962 | 0.544 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.548 | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 0.565 | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 0.578 | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 0.578 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.583 | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 0.584 | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 0.584 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.621 | +6.3% |
| 1971 | 0.625 | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.602 | -3.7% |
| 1973 | 0.602 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.602 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.617 | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 0.683 | +10.7% |
| 1977 | 0.507 | -25.8% |
| 1978 | 0.519 | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 0.53 | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 0.559 | +5.5% |
| 1981 | 0.563 | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.575 | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 0.585 | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.595 | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 0.63 | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 0.612 | -2.9% |
| 1987 | 0.616 | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.61 | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 0.618 | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.615 | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.631 | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 0.648 | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 0.68 | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 0.684 | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.686 | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.688 | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.688 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.688 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.688 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.69 | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.681 | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.69 | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.707 | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 0.733 | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 0.731 | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.732 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.732 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.741 | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.74 | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.747 | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.747 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.747 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.754 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.761 | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.781 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 0.808 | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 0.808 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.816 | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.828 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.853 | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 0.853 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.886 | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 0.886 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.904 | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 0.904 | +0.0% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 0.904 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.906, 100% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 0.904 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.6165, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Seychelles changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | -25.8% | 0.683 | 0.507 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.5395 | 0.537 | 0.547 | 4 |
| 1950s | 0.547 | 0.547 | 0.547 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.5658 | 0.544 | 0.584 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5908 | 0.507 | 0.683 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5963 | 0.559 | 0.63 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6696 | 0.615 | 0.688 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7177 | 0.681 | 0.741 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7797 | 0.747 | 0.828 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.881 | 0.853 | 0.904 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More economy & growth data for Seychelles
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.15 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.59 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -44.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0031 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 59.81 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -47.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0022 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 43.67 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0643 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Seychelles?
- Human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Seychelles was 0.904 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 0.904 in 2024.
- What is the lowest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.507 in 1977.
- How does Seychelles rank for human rights index vs. gdp per capita?
- Seychelles ranks 33rd out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human rights index vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor, they have property rights, and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association.