Protecting investors, investor protection index in Seychelles
Seychelles: Protecting investors, investor protection index was 5.7 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, investor protection index in Seychelles, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 5.7 for protecting investors, investor protection index in 2012. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
That places Seychelles 10th out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the top quarter.
Protecting investors, investor protection index in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5.7 | — |
| 2006 | 5.7 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5.7 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5.7 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5.7 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5.7 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5.7 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 5.7 | +0.0% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 5.7 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.15, 1.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5 |
| 2010s | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
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)
- Commercial service imports 1.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 85.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 0.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 550.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,481 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, investor protection index in Seychelles?
- Protecting investors, investor protection index in Seychelles was 5.7 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest protecting investors, investor protection index recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 5.7 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, investor protection index recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.7 in 2005.
- How does Seychelles rank for protecting investors, investor protection index?
- Seychelles ranks 10th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, investor protection index rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as part of Protecting investors, investor protection index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Protecting investors disclosure index measures the degree to which investors are protected through disclosure of ownership and financial information. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.