Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Seychelles
Seychelles: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 10.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Seychelles, 2002–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 10.7% for proportion of total government spending on essential services in 2025.
That represents a change of down 18.7% on the previous year and down 31.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Seychelles peaked at 15.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 2012.
That places Seychelles 118th out of 170 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 9.2% | — |
| 2003 | 12.0% | +30.6% |
| 2006 | 11.0% | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 10.4% | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 6.8% | -34.6% |
| 2013 | 9.5% | +40.7% |
| 2014 | 11.8% | +24.2% |
| 2015 | 15.6% | +31.7% |
| 2016 | 11.7% | -25.2% |
| 2017 | 10.3% | -12.0% |
| 2018 | 10.5% | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 11.1% | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 9.2% | -17.6% |
| 2021 | 10.5% | +14.4% |
| 2022 | 10.6% | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 12.7% | +19.6% |
| 2024 | 13.1% | +3.2% |
| 2025 | 10.7% | -18.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.7% | 9.2% | 12.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 10.9% | 6.8% | 15.6% | 9 |
| 2020s | 11.1% | 9.2% | 13.1% | 6 |
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More education data for Seychelles
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 671 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 93.38 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 93.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Seychelles?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Seychelles was 10.7% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 15.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 2012.
- How does Seychelles rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Seychelles ranks 118th out of 170 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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