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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Seychelles: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Seychelles is placed 105th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.351 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 27.24 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
105th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.351GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 27.24Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- 0.639Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 30.48Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Seychelles on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.351
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Seychelles: 0.351. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 0.944 Mauritius
27.24
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 140th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Seychelles: 27.24. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 52.76 Mauritius
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
0.639
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Seychelles: 0.639. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 2.223 Ethiopia
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
30.48
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Seychelles: 30.48. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 66.72 Mauritius
02Over time
Which way Seychelles is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
SeychellesWorld median
Seychelles fell from 45.12 in 2020 to 27.24 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Seychelles World median 2025 27.2 40.2 2024 44.8 43.3 2023 38.1 41.4 2022 39.9 40.3 2021 47.5 44.1 2020 45.1 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
SeychellesWorld median
Seychelles rose from -0.514 in 2000 to 0.639 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Seychelles World median 2025 0.64 0.20 2024 0.64 0.11 2023 0.64 0.14 2022 0.37 0.16 2021 0.37 0.12 2020 -0.16 0.12 2019 -0.79 0.10 2018 -0.17 -0.05 2017 -0.51 -0.08 2016 -0.51 -0.10 2015 -0.51 -0.17 2014 -0.51 -0.21 2013 -0.51 -0.21 2012 -0.51 -0.25 2011 -0.51 -0.32 2010 -0.51 -0.31 2009 -0.51 -0.50 2008 -0.51 -0.51 2007 -0.51 -0.51 2006 -0.51 -0.55 2005 -0.51 -0.55 2004 -0.51 -0.55 2003 -0.51 -0.55 2002 -0.51 -0.51 2001 -0.51 -0.51 2000 -0.51 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
SeychellesWorld median
Seychelles rose from 7.554 in 2010 to 30.48 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Seychelles World median 2024 30.5 25.42 2023 29.5 26.03 2022 31.2 26.04 2021 29.1 29.80 2020 56.9 29.47 2019 32.3 18.36 2018 34.1 20.09 2017 20.0 18.32 2016 — 18.15 2015 27.4 19.57 2014 26.5 21.00 2013 26.8 20.50 2012 20.6 19.56 2011 8.2 19.21 2010 7.6 19.88
03In context
Seychelles beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Seychelles and Eastern Africa
Seychelles has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mauritius | 20th | 0.944 | 52.76 | 1.054 | 66.72 |
 Tanzania | 63rd | 0.88 | 41.45 | 0.35 | — |
 Kenya | 72nd | 0.77 | 52.55 | 0.345 | 32.62 |
 Rwanda | 83rd | 0.829 | 48.54 | 0.619 | 6.894 |
 Ethiopia | =87th | 0.643 | 41.58 | 2.223 | 6.043 |
 Zambia | 94th | 0.602 | 43.9 | 0.391 | 20.02 |
 Uganda | 104th | 0.792 | 35.76 | -0.107 | 12.09 |
| Seychelles | 105th | 0.351 | 27.24 | 0.639 | 30.48 |
 Zimbabwe | 138th | 0.452 | 29.53 | 0.095 | 5.438 |
 Malawi | 146th | 0.328 | 24.22 | -1.788 | 36.66 |
 Burundi | 149th | 0.413 | 17.22 | -1.523 | 34.01 |
 Djibouti | 163rd | 0.169 | 24.52 | -0.373 | 7.289 |
 Madagascar | 164th | 0.378 | 20.93 | -0.738 | — |
 Mozambique | 165th | 0.393 | 22.31 | -0.566 | 2.518 |
 Comoros | 176th | 0.186 | 20.67 | -1.261 | 12.55 |
 Somalia | =185th | 0.102 | 21.82 | -0.91 | — |
 Eritrea | 190th | 0.027 | 12.7 | -0.731 | — |
 South Sudan | 197th | 0.163 | 12.2 | -1.436 | — |
| Somaliland | not placed | — | — | -0.771 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Eastern Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Seychelles in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Seychelles is ahead of the world, and behind
14 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median3
Statistics on which Seychelles does better than the middle country measured.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.1142.319-0.114▲ Improved since 2015
Seychelles: 2.319 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 8th of 176 · derived.
Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · 2024 · world median 98.6610098.66▲ Improved since 2016
Seychelles: 100 · world median 98.66 · Primary schools with internet access for teaching (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.5051.5750.505▲ Improved since 2015
Seychelles: 1.575 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 42nd of 176 · derived.
Behind the world median7
Statistics on which Seychelles does worse than the middle country measured.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.0231.0031.023No real change since 2015
Seychelles: 1.003 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 91st of 176 · derived.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3960.1362.39No earlier reading
Seychelles: 60.13 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 98th of 181 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.2240.206▲ Improved since 2015
Seychelles: 0.224 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 60th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2244.7364.22No earlier reading
Seychelles: 44.73 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.3562.4632.35No earlier reading
Seychelles: 62.46 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 18th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.9750.030.975▼ Worsened since 2014
Seychelles: 0.03 · world median 0.975 · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.45; higher is better.
Position 111th of 119 · derived.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4740.5857.474▼ Worsened since 2014
Seychelles: 0.585 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 110th of 118 · derived.
No better end4
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6015.875.601Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 5.87 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,45467,003141,454Moved since 2020
Seychelles: 67,003 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,67026,77784,670Moved since 2020
Seychelles: 26,777 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,71427,493148,714Moved since 2021
Seychelles: 27,493 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
No current reading for Seychelles
AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, Anthropic AI Usage Index, Frontier Technology Readiness Index, Internet Use Among Adults, Made or Received a Digital Payment, Mobile Phone Ownership and Smartphone Ownership. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Seychelles’s 14 topics
Digital & Technology is Seychelles’s 10th best-placed topic of 14. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Peace & Security4th of 1774/4 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 27th of 1933/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture31st of 1842/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions38th of 1944/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties44th of 1984/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 43rd of 1833/4 keys
- Economy & Innovationjoint 49th of 1762/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital74th of 1963/3 keys
- Poverty & Inequality64th of 1593/3 keys
- Digital & Technology105th of 1984/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing108th of 2002/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge109th of 1983/4 keys
- Energy116th of 1652/3 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 172nd of 1773/4 keys
No standing on Work & Labour, Environment & Sustainability: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Seychelles can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
=1
South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
Mauritius20th4/4 keysThis page
Seychelles105th4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Seychelles on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Seychelles rank on digital & technology?
Seychelles is placed 105th of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Seychelles?
0.351 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Seychelles?
27.24 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How have Seychelles’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index fell from 45.12 in 2020 to 27.24 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from -0.514 in 2000 to 0.639 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 7.554 in 2010 to 30.48 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Seychelles?
No current reading is published for Seychelles on AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, Anthropic AI Usage Index, Frontier Technology Readiness Index, Internet Use Among Adults, Made or Received a Digital Payment, Mobile Phone Ownership and Smartphone Ownership. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 14 statistics on this page come from 6 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Seychelles’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Seychelles (banner) — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Seychelles: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/seychelles/digital