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Women political empowerment index in Seychelles

Seychelles: Women political empowerment index was 0.908 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
0.908
Change on year
up 2.4%
World rank
22nd
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.908
in 2025
All-time low
0.397
in 1903
Years of data
116
1903–2025

Women political empowerment index in Seychelles, 1903–2025

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Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, women political empowerment index in Seychelles stood at 0.908. That is the highest value across all 116 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, women political empowerment index in Seychelles peaked at 0.908 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.397, in 1903.

That places Seychelles 22nd out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 116 years of available data.

Women political empowerment index in Seychelles, year by year

Year Value Change
1903 0.397 —
1904 0.397 +0.0%
1905 0.397 +0.0%
1906 0.397 +0.0%
1907 0.397 +0.0%
1908 0.397 +0.0%
1909 0.397 +0.0%
1910 0.397 +0.0%
1911 0.397 +0.0%
1912 0.397 +0.0%
1913 0.397 +0.0%
1914 0.397 +0.0%
1915 0.397 +0.0%
1916 0.397 +0.0%
1917 0.397 +0.0%
1918 0.397 +0.0%
1919 0.397 +0.0%
1920 0.397 +0.0%
1921 0.397 +0.0%
1922 0.397 +0.0%
1923 0.397 +0.0%
1924 0.397 +0.0%
1925 0.397 +0.0%
1926 0.397 +0.0%
1927 0.397 +0.0%
1928 0.397 +0.0%
1929 0.397 +0.0%
1930 0.397 +0.0%
1931 0.397 +0.0%
1932 0.397 +0.0%
1933 0.397 +0.0%
1934 0.397 +0.0%
1935 0.397 +0.0%
1936 0.397 +0.0%
1937 0.397 +0.0%
1938 0.397 +0.0%
1939 0.397 +0.0%
1940 0.411 +3.5%
1941 0.411 +0.0%
1942 0.411 +0.0%
1943 0.411 +0.0%
1944 0.411 +0.0%
1945 0.411 +0.0%
1946 0.411 +0.0%
1947 0.411 +0.0%
1948 0.411 +0.0%
1949 0.411 +0.0%
1950 0.411 +0.0%
1951 0.411 +0.0%
1952 0.411 +0.0%
1953 0.411 +0.0%
1954 0.411 +0.0%
1955 0.411 +0.0%
1956 0.411 +0.0%
1957 0.411 +0.0%
1958 0.411 +0.0%
1959 0.411 +0.0%
1960 0.411 +0.0%
1961 0.412 +0.2%
1962 0.412 +0.0%
1963 0.412 +0.0%
1964 0.432 +4.9%
1965 0.446 +3.2%
1966 0.446 +0.0%
1974 0.488 +9.4%
1975 0.49 +0.4%
1976 0.57 +16.3%
1977 0.497 -12.8%
1978 0.524 +5.4%
1979 0.683 +30.3%
1980 0.69 +1.0%
1981 0.69 +0.0%
1982 0.69 +0.0%
1983 0.664 -3.8%
1984 0.666 +0.3%
1985 0.666 +0.0%
1986 0.671 +0.8%
1987 0.636 -5.2%
1988 0.636 +0.0%
1989 0.685 +7.7%
1990 0.693 +1.2%
1991 0.7 +1.0%
1992 0.736 +5.1%
1993 0.792 +7.6%
1994 0.793 +0.1%
1995 0.793 +0.0%
1996 0.793 +0.0%
1997 0.793 +0.0%
1998 0.784 -1.1%
1999 0.784 +0.0%
2000 0.8 +2.0%
2001 0.8 +0.0%
2002 0.813 +1.6%
2003 0.813 +0.0%
2004 0.813 +0.0%
2005 0.813 +0.0%
2006 0.812 -0.1%
2007 0.801 -1.4%
2008 0.796 -0.6%
2009 0.796 +0.0%
2010 0.796 +0.0%
2011 0.822 +3.3%
2012 0.82 -0.2%
2013 0.856 +4.4%
2014 0.865 +1.1%
2015 0.87 +0.6%
2016 0.852 -2.1%
2017 0.839 -1.5%
2018 0.849 +1.2%
2019 0.844 -0.6%
2020 0.848 +0.5%
2021 0.877 +3.4%
2022 0.897 +2.3%
2023 0.901 +0.4%
2024 0.887 -1.6%
2025 0.908 +2.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1900s 0.397 0.397 0.397 7
1910s 0.397 0.397 0.397 10
1920s 0.397 0.397 0.397 10
1930s 0.397 0.397 0.397 10
1940s 0.411 0.411 0.411 10
1950s 0.411 0.411 0.411 10
1960s 0.4244 0.411 0.446 7
1970s 0.542 0.488 0.683 6
1980s 0.6694 0.636 0.69 10
1990s 0.7661 0.693 0.793 10
2000s 0.8057 0.796 0.813 10
2010s 0.8413 0.796 0.87 10
2020s 0.8863 0.848 0.908 6

Countries ranked near Seychelles

  1. 19 Malta 0.917 compare
  2. 20 Chile 0.913 compare
  3. 20 Croatia 0.913 compare
  4. 23 Bulgaria 0.907 compare
  5. 23 Costa Rica 0.907 compare
  6. 25 Australia 0.906 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is women political empowerment index in Seychelles?
Women political empowerment index in Seychelles was 0.908 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest women political empowerment index recorded in Seychelles?
The highest recorded value was 0.908 in 2025.
What is the lowest women political empowerment index recorded in Seychelles?
The lowest recorded value was 0.397 in 1903.
How does Seychelles rank for women political empowerment index?
Seychelles ranks 22nd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is women political empowerment index rising or falling in Seychelles?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Seychelles data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Women political empowerment index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Women political empowerment index
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 26,029 data points, 1789–2025
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