Safely managed drinking water in Seychelles

64.7% of people in Seychelles used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Seychelles, 2024 64.7% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 64.6%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 96th of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water in Seychelles over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period SeychellesWorld
2024 64.7% 73.7%
2023 64.6% 72.0%
2022 64.5% 71.5%
2021 64.4% 71.0%
2020 64.2% 70.5%
2019 64.1% 69.9%
2018 63.7% 69.4%
2017 63.7% 68.8%
2016 63.7% 68.2%
2015 63.7% 67.7%
2014 63.6% 67.1%
2013 63.4% 66.5%
2012 63.3% 65.9%
2011 63.2% 65.3%
2010 63.1% 64.8%
2009 63.0% 64.3%
2008 62.9% 63.8%
2007 62.8% 63.4%
2006 62.6% 63.1%
2005 62.5% 62.8%
2004 62.4% 62.5%
2003 62.3% 62.1%
2002 62.2% 61.8%
2001 62.1% 61.5%
2000 61.9% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 64.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 63.6%, the figure has changed by +1.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Seychelles has the 96th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Seychelles
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene