Extreme poverty rate in Seychelles
0.7% of people in Seychelles lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2018.
The latest value for Seychelles is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Seychelles, 2018
0.7%
Change from 2013
−0.9percentage points
World, 2018
11.1%
Extreme poverty rate in Seychelles over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Seychelles | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | – | 10.5% |
| 2022 | – | 10.9% |
| 2021 | – | 11.3% |
| 2020 | – | 11.4% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | – | 11.8% |
| 2016 | – | 12.6% |
| 2015 | – | 13.4% |
| 2014 | – | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | 15.5% |
| 2012 | – | 17.8% |
| 2011 | – | 19.1% |
| 2010 | – | 21.0% |
| 2009 | – | 23.1% |
| 2008 | – | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | – | 28.3% |
| 2004 | – | 30.3% |
| 2003 | – | 32.2% |
| 2002 | – | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 1.6% in 2013, a change of −0.9 percentage points.
- Since 1999, when it was 1.8%, the figure has changed by −1.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2018 was 11.1%.
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All statistics for Seychelles
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
25.3%
2018 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
2.5%
2024 · World Bank
Gini index
32.1 (0 to 100)
2018 · World Bank
Income share held by the richest 10%
23.9%
2018 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
1.4%
2018 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
8.4%
2018 · World Bank