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 148th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 74.63 | — |
| 2006 | 74.58 | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 74.89 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 75.24 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 76.2 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 76.5 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 76.68 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 76.87 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 78.32 | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 78.42 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 78.55 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 78.64 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 78.68 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 78.65 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 78.75 | +0.1% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 78.75 is below the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 86% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 78.75 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83.5, 94% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
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
- 145 Costa Rica 79.91 compare
- 146 Nicaragua 79.57 compare
- 147 Angola 79.4 compare
- 149 El Salvador 78.64 compare
- 150 Kiribati 78.4 compare
- 151 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)
- 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 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 148th out of 191 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.