Age of full democracy in Seychelles
Seychelles: Age of full democracy was 5 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
5 years
Change on year
up 25.0%
World rank
83rd
of 89 countries
All-time high
5 years
in 2025
All-time low
1 years
in 2021
Years of data
5
2021–2025
Age of full democracy in Seychelles, 2021–2025
Source: Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, age of full democracy in Seychelles stood at 5 years. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 25.0% on the previous year and up 400.0% over five years.
That places Seychelles 83rd out of 89 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Age of full democracy in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 years | — |
| 2022 | 2 years | +100.0% |
| 2023 | 3 years | +50.0% |
| 2024 | 4 years | +33.3% |
| 2025 | 5 years | +25.0% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 5 years is below the median for high income countries, which is 57 years, 9% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 5 years is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 24 years, 21% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 80 Honduras 11 years
- 81 Philippines 9 years
- 82 Tonga 8 years compare
- 83 Antigua and Barbuda 5 years compare
- 83 El Salvador 5 years
- 86 Slovenia 4 years compare
More social development data for Seychelles
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 10 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0001 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 10 (2025)
- Sovereign state gleditsch ward, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is age of full democracy in Seychelles?
- Age of full democracy in Seychelles was 5 years in 2025, according to Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest age of full democracy recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 5 years in 2025.
- What is the lowest age of full democracy recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 years in 2021.
- How does Seychelles rank for age of full democracy?
- Seychelles ranks 83rd out of 89 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Age of full democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of consecutive years in a full democracy.