Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Seychelles

Human development index in the Seychelles in 2023 — 0.848 index. Ranked 54 in the world out of 193. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 11.9%.

2023 0.848 index +1.44% vs 2022
World rank 54of 193
Period maximum 0.853 index2020
Period minimum 0.758 index2010

Trend over time

2010–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Seychelles, 2010–20230.750.7750.80.8250.850.875201020122014201620182020202220232010: 0.758 index2011: 0.772 index2012: 0.797 index2013: 0.797 index2014: 0.814 index2015: 0.819 index2016: 0.836 index2017: 0.844 index2018: 0.847 index2019: 0.85 index2020: 0.853 index2021: 0.838 index2022: 0.836 index2023: 0.848 index
Change over the period: +0.09 (+11.87%) Average annual rate: 0.87 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Seychelles

Seychelles 0.848 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Eastern Africa computed 0.532 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.848 +0.012 +1.44%
2022 0.836 −0.002 −0.24%
2021 0.838 −0.015 −1.76%
2020 0.853 +0.003 +0.35%
2019 0.85 +0.003 +0.35%
2018 0.847 +0.003 +0.36%
2017 0.844 +0.008 +0.96%
2016 0.836 +0.017 +2.08%
2015 0.819 +0.005 +0.61%
2014 0.814 +0.017 +2.13%
2013 0.797 +0 +0%
2012 0.797 +0.025 +3.24%
2011 0.772 +0.014 +1.85%
2010 0.758

About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.