Freedom Score in Seychelles
Seychelles: Freedom Score was 81 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Freedom Score in Seychelles, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 81 for freedom score in 2025. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freedom score in Seychelles peaked at 81 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 65, in 2007.
That places Seychelles 67th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Freedom Score in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 67 | — |
| 2003 | 68 | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 68 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 68 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 66 | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 65 | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 67 | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 67 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 67 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 67 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 67 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 67 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 67 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 68 | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 71 | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 71 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 71 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 72 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 77 | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 79 | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 79 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 79 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 80 | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 81 | +1.2% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 81 is below the median for high income countries, which is 90, 90% of the median. (66 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 81 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35, 2.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67 | 65 | 68 | 8 |
| 2010s | 68.8 | 67 | 72 | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.17 | 77 | 81 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 67 Jamaica 81 compare
- 67 South Africa 81 compare
- 67 Suriname 81 compare
- 67 United States 81 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 freedom score in Seychelles?
- Freedom score in Seychelles was 81 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest freedom score recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 81 in 2025.
- What is the lowest freedom score recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 65 in 2007.
- How does Seychelles rank for freedom score?
- Seychelles ranks 67th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is freedom score rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Freedom House's total democracy score is a 0-to-100 aggregate that adds up a country's points on 25 indicators of political rights (max 40) and civil liberties (max 60), creating a single snapshot of the freedoms people actually enjoy.