Starting a business - Score in Seychelles
Seychelles: Starting a business - Score was 78.75 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Seychelles, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Seychelles stood at 78.75. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Seychelles peaked at 78.75 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 74.58, in 2006.
Seychelles ranks 145th of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75.11 | 74.58 | 76.2 | 5 |
| 2010s | 78.01 | 76.5 | 78.75 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 142 Costa Rica 79.91 compare
- 143 Nicaragua 79.57 compare
- 144 Angola 79.4 compare
- 146 El Salvador 78.64 compare
- 147 Kiribati 78.4 compare
- 148 Sao Tome and Principe 78.24 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)
- Commercial service exports 1.68 billion current US$ (2024)
- Transport services 28.5% (2024)
- Computer, communications and other services 59.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Seychelles?
- Starting a business - score in Seychelles was 78.75 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 78.75 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.58 in 2006.
- How does Seychelles rank for starting a business - score?
- Seychelles ranks 145th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.