Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Seychelles
Seychelles: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 95.8% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Seychelles, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 95.8% for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Seychelles peaked at 95.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 93.3%, in 2010.
Seychelles ranks 100th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 94.4% | — |
| 2010 | 93.3% | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 94.0% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 94.9% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 94.3% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 94.7% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 95.2% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 95.5% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 95.7% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 95.3% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 95.8% | +0.4% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 95.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 99.3%, 96% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 95.8% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 74.3%, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 94.4% | 94.4% | 94.4% | 1 |
| 2010s | 94.9% | 93.3% | 95.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 97 Belize 96.2% compare
- 98 Puerto Rico 96.1% compare
- 99 Sao Tome and Principe 95.8% compare
- 101 Ukraine 95.6% compare
- 102 Micronesia, Federated States of 95.6% compare
- 103 Bhutan 95.3% compare
More private sector data for Seychelles
- Merchandise trade 86.7% (2025)
- Food imports 26.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 51.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.52 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 85.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 0.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 550.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,481 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2304 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -1.26 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Seychelles?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Seychelles was 95.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 95.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.3% in 2010.
- How does Seychelles rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Seychelles ranks 100th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.