Political Rights Score in Seychelles
Seychelles: Political Rights Score was 35 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Rights Score in Seychelles, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political rights score in Seychelles is 35, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 34.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in Seychelles peaked at 35 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 25, in 2006.
That places Seychelles 48th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Political Rights Score in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 26 | — |
| 2003 | 26 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 26 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 26 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 25 | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 25 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 25 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 25 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 25 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 25 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 25 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 25 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 25 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 26 | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 28 | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 29 | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 34 | +17.2% |
| 2021 | 34 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 34 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 34 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 34 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 35 | +2.9% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 35 is below the median for high income countries, which is 37, 95% of the median. (66 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 35 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10.5, 3.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.5 | 25 | 26 | 8 |
| 2010s | 26.4 | 25 | 29 | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.17 | 34 | 35 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
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 political rights score in Seychelles?
- Political rights score in Seychelles was 35 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 35 in 2025.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 25 in 2006.
- How does Seychelles rank for political rights score?
- Seychelles ranks 48th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.6%. 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 Political Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Identifies the fine-grained extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, and a functioning government. Higher scores indicate more rights.