Seychelles's gni per capita rose from US$7,430 in 1996 to US$19.2k in 2025.
Seychelles · Income & inequality
Living standards, poverty and distribution.
10 indicators · 8 with data
Income
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
current international $
59th of 181 · 2nd in Sub-Saharan Africa
Seychelles's gni per capita, ppp (current international $) rose from intl $11.6k in 1996 to intl $34.9k in 2025.
Household consumption per capita (constant 2015 US$)
constant 2015 US$
30th of 129 · 1st in Sub-Saharan Africa
Seychelles's household consumption per capita (constant 2015 us$) rose from US$8,740 in 1996 to US$12.3k in 2025.
Inequality
Gini index
index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality)
27th of 93 · 2nd in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Seychelles's gini index fell from 42.8 in 1999 to 32.1 in 2018.
Seychelles's income share held by highest 10% fell from 34.0 % in 1999 to 23.9 % in 2018.
Seychelles's income share held by lowest 20% rose from 5.7 % in 1999 to 7.1 % in 2018.
Poverty
Seychelles's extreme poverty fell from 1.8 % in 1999 to 0.7 % in 2018.
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines
% of population
47th of 68 · 1st in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Seychelles's poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines fell from 39.3 % in 2013 to 25.3 % in 2018.
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Seychelles.