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Topic 14 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Seychelles: Poverty & Inequality
How is a country’s income shared, and how many live below a line?
Seychelles is placed 64th of 159 countries on poverty & inequality in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Gini Index 32.13 (2023); Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day 0.23 (2023).
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Poverty & Inequality
64th
of 159 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 3 key statistics
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Seychelles on poverty & inequality — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 3
Gini Index
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2013–2023 · Seychelles’s is from 2018 · CC BY 4.0
32.13
Gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality)
Lower is better
Seychelles: 32.13. Across the 159 countries at their latest reading, values run from 23 (India) to 59.07 (Namibia); the world median is 33.72.
- World median
- 33.72
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 31.14 Ethiopia
Key 2 of 3
Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2013–2023 · Seychelles’s is from 2018 · CC BY 4.0
0.23
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%)
Lower is better
Seychelles: 0.23. Across the 159 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0 (Czechia) to 48.69 (DR Congo); the world median is 0.345.
- World median
- 0.345
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 0.09 Mauritius
Key 3 of 3
Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
43.3
Share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%)
Lower is better
Seychelles: 43.3. Across the 145 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Belarus) to 93.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 26.4.
- World median
- 26.4
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 17.8 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.
Gini Index
Gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality) · lower is better
SeychellesWorld median
Seychelles fell from 42.77 in 2006 to 32.13 in 2018; the world median went from 35.63 to 35.25.
Every year’s figures
Year Seychelles World median 2023 — 33.72 2022 — 33.91 2021 — 34.04 2020 — 34.18 2019 — 33.51 2018 32 35.25 2017 — 34.86 2016 — 34.47 2015 — 35.52 2014 — 34.79 2013 47 36.16 2012 — 35.40 2011 — 33.96 2010 — 33.71 2009 — 34.91 2008 — 34.60 2007 — 34.26 2006 43 35.63 2005 — 36.28 2004 — 34.29 2003 — 35.46 2002 — 37.14 Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%) · lower is better
SeychellesWorld median
Seychelles rose from 0.18 in 2006 to 0.23 in 2018; the world median went from 0.465 to 0.46.
Every year’s figures
Year Seychelles World median 2023 — 0.345 2022 — 0.420 2021 — 0.335 2020 — 0.280 2019 — 0.380 2018 0.23 0.460 2017 — 0.300 2016 — 0.440 2015 — 0.500 2014 — 0.635 2013 0.69 0.515 2012 — 0.640 2011 — 0.430 2010 — 0.530 2009 — 0.600 2008 — 0.350 2007 — 0.360 2006 0.18 0.465 2005 — 1.250 2004 — 0.790 2003 — 1.650 2002 — 3.010 Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet
Share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%) · lower is better
SeychellesWorld median
Seychelles fell from 46.5 in 2017 to 43.3 in 2025; the world median went from 32.4 to 26.4.
Every year’s figures
Year Seychelles World median 2025 43.3 26.40 2024 45.2 27.10 2023 51.2 27.15 2022 51.2 27.90 2021 40.2 29.65 2020 45.5 31.80 2019 44.7 29.05 2018 45.0 29.85 2017 46.5 32.40
03In context
Seychelles beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 159 countries on poverty & inequality, 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 159; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Gini IndexGini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality) | Poverty Gap at $3.00 a DayPoverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%) | Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy DietShare of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mauritius | 61st | 36.76 | 0.09 | 17.8 |
| Seychelles | 64th | 32.13 | 0.23 | 43.3 |
 Comoros | 98th | 34.18 | 1.69 | 48.6 |
 Ethiopia | 107th | 31.14 | 10.75 | 67.9 |
 Djibouti | 135th | 41.59 | 9.08 | 49.8 |
 Rwanda | 140th | 39.36 | 10.2 | 69.7 |
 Kenya | 141st | 38.53 | 13.58 | 76.3 |
 Madagascar | 142nd | 36.82 | 27.58 | 85.3 |
 Uganda | 144th | 38.15 | 19.95 | 73.6 |
 Burundi | 146th | 37.46 | 32.44 | 90.9 |
 Tanzania | 148th | 40.49 | 16.74 | 73 |
 Malawi | 150th | 38.54 | 33.78 | 92.7 |
 Zimbabwe | 155th | 50.26 | 19.02 | — |
 South Sudan | 156th | 44.05 | 40.83 | 93.9 |
 Zambia | 158th | 51.48 | 39.76 | 86.2 |
 Mozambique | 159th | 49.56 | 44.72 | 91.3 |
 Eritrea | not placed | — | — | — |
 Somalia | not placed | — | — | — |
| Somaliland | not placed | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Eastern Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 159.
Placed either side on poverty & inequality
The countries immediately above and below Seychelles in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Seychelles is ahead of the world, and behind
11 more statistics filed under poverty & inequality, 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 median8
Statistics on which Seychelles does better than the middle country measured.
Global Multidimensional Poverty IndexOPHI · 2025 · world median 0.0390.0030.039▼ Worsened since 2020
Seychelles: 0.003 · world median 0.039 · MPI (0–1). Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.517; lower is better.
Position 93rd of 109 · derived, 1st = worst.
Exclusion by Socio-Economic GroupV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2023 · world median 0.4130.1190.413▲ Improved since 2013
Seychelles: 0.119 · world median 0.413 · Exclusion by socio-economic group index (0–1; higher = more exclusion). V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.014 to 0.969; lower is better.
Position 144th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
Multidimensional Poverty MeasureWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.2520.9664.252No earlier reading
Seychelles: 0.966 · world median 4.252 · Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.96; lower is better.
Position 121st of 157 · derived, 1st = worst.
Inequality-adjusted Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.6090.7550.609▼ Worsened since 2019
Seychelles: 0.755 · world median 0.609 · IHDI (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.226 to 0.923; higher is better.
Position 49th of 169 · derived.
Coefficient of Human InequalityUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 17.0510.8417.05▼ Worsened since 2019
Seychelles: 10.84 · world median 17.05 · Coefficient of Human Inequality (%). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.865 to 43.08; lower is better.
Position 119th of 169 · derived, 1st = worst.
Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up EstimatesWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 2.10.662.1▲ Improved since 2014
Seychelles: 0.66 · world median 2.1 · Population below $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP, World Bank line-up estimate (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 89.54; lower is better.
Actual Individual Consumption per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2021 · world median 12,80019,23112,800▼ Worsened since 2017
Seychelles: 19,231 · world median 12,800 · Actual individual consumption per capita (PPP, current international $). World Bank Group, 2021 edition, data for 2021.
Published values in that edition run from 688.7 to 52,654; higher is better.
Position 63rd of 173 · derived.
Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric ConsumptionFAO · 2024 · world median 0.250.230.25No real change since 2014
Seychelles: 0.23 · world median 0.25 · Coefficient of variation of habitual calorie consumption across the population (standard deviation ÷ mean). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.17 to 0.4; lower is better.
No better end3
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Poverty Headcount at National Poverty LinesWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 21.825.321.8No earlier reading
Seychelles: 25.3 · world median 21.8 · Population below the national poverty line (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 82.3.
Cost of a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 4.554.44.55Moved since 2017
Seychelles: 4.4 · world median 4.55 · Cost of the cheapest locally available healthy diet, PPP dollars per person per day. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.66 to 8.27.
Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health SpendingWorld Bank Group · 2019 · world median 6.882.5596.88No earlier reading
Seychelles: 2.559 · world median 6.88 · Population in households spending more than 10% of their budget on health out of pocket (%). World Bank Group, 2019 edition, data for 2019.
Published values in that edition run from 0.133 to 31.21.
No current reading for Seychelles
Adequacy of Social Protection and Labour Benefits, Gini Index (last 2018), Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID) (last 2018), Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, Income Growth of the Poorest 40% (last 2023), Income Share Held by Lowest 20% (last 2018), Income Share Held by Richest 10% (last 2018), Intergenerational Persistence in Education, Low Pay Rate, Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person (last 2018), Palma Ratio (last 2018), Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day (last 2018), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day (last 2018), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day (last 2018), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day (last 2018), Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day (last 2018), Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity (last 2017), Prosperity Gap (last 2018), Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Societal Poverty Rate (last 2018), Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary Completion and Working Poverty Rate. 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
Poverty & Inequality among Seychelles’s 14 topics
Poverty & Inequality is Seychelles’s 9th 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 poverty & inequality
The three countries placed highest of 159, and the leaders Seychelles can most readily be measured against.
1
BelarusEastern Europe
1st of 159 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: zedlik , cropped by Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
SloveniaSouthern Europe
2nd of 159 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Z.K. derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY 3.0, greyscale
=3
UkraineEastern Europe
Joint 3rd of 159 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: uploaded by Chern038 · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
Tunisia43rd3/3 keysHighest in Eastern Africa
Mauritius61st3/3 keysThis page
Seychelles64th3/3 keys
Positions out of 159 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 poverty & inequality: 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 poverty & inequality?
Seychelles is placed 64th of 159 countries on Poverty & Inequality in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics (Gini Index, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day and Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Gini Index figure for Seychelles?
32.13 in 2023 (gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 33.72.
What is the latest Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day figure for Seychelles?
0.23 in 2023 (poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.345.
How have Seychelles’s poverty & inequality figures changed?
Gini Index fell from 42.77 in 2006 to 32.13 in 2018; Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day rose from 0.18 in 2006 to 0.23 in 2018; Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet fell from 46.5 in 2017 to 43.3 in 2025.
Which poverty & inequality statistics are missing for Seychelles?
No current reading is published for Seychelles on Adequacy of Social Protection and Labour Benefits, Gini Index, Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, Income Share Held by Richest 10%, Intergenerational Persistence in Education, Low Pay Rate, Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, Palma Ratio, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day, Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, Prosperity Gap, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Societal Poverty Rate, Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary Completion and Working Poverty Rate. 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
These figures come from household surveys, which most countries run every few years rather than every year. So the subject's standing is read from each country's most recent survey of the last decade, with the year of every reading shown, rather than from one year in which only a minority of countries were surveyed. Two readings decide it — how unequally income is shared and how deep extreme poverty runs — because the other poverty and inequality measures here largely repeat one of those two or repeat average income, which already counts under Economy and Development. Countries with no survey in the last decade have no standing here. What work pays is under Work & Labour; wealth, as opposed to income, has no global source this site is permitted to republish.
How the Poverty & Inequality standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 3 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 3 keys to be placed.
The poverty & inequality method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Gini Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 11 statistics on this page come from 5 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
- Belarus — zedlik , cropped by Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Slovenia — Z.K. derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY 3.0
- Ukraine — uploaded by Chern038, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Seychelles: Poverty & Inequality — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/seychelles/poverty