Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Seychelles
Seychelles: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 4.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Seychelles, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2023, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Seychelles stood at 4.5%.
That represents a change of up 21.7% on the previous year and up 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Seychelles peaked at 11.3% in 1984 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2012.
That places Seychelles 83rd out of 199 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.3% | 4.1% | 4.7% | 6 |
| 1980s | 9.1% | 7.7% | 11.3% | 5 |
| 1990s | 6.7% | 4.9% | 8.5% | 5 |
| 2000s | 4.8% | 4.5% | 5.1% | 3 |
| 2010s | 3.7% | 2.5% | 4.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 3.7% | 4.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More education data for Seychelles
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 71.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 93.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 671 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.11 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Seychelles?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Seychelles was 4.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 11.3% in 1984.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2012.
- How does Seychelles rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Seychelles ranks 83rd out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.