Drinking water service usage in Seychelles
Seychelles: Drinking water service usage was 64.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Drinking water service usage in Seychelles, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, drinking water service usage in Seychelles stood at 64.7%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in Seychelles peaked at 64.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 61.9%, in 2000.
Seychelles ranks 110th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Drinking water service usage in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 61.9% | — |
| 2001 | 62.1% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 62.2% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 62.3% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 62.4% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 62.5% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 62.6% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 62.8% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 62.9% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 63.0% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 63.1% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 63.2% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 63.3% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 63.4% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 63.6% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 63.7% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 63.7% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 63.7% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 63.7% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 64.1% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 64.2% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 64.4% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 64.5% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 64.6% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 64.7% | +0.2% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 64.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 98.7%, 66% of the median. (68 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 64.7% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 27.4%, 2.4× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 62.5% | 61.9% | 63.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.6% | 63.1% | 64.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.5% | 64.2% | 64.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More environment data for Seychelles
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.258 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 4.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in Seychelles?
- Drinking water service usage in Seychelles was 64.7% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest drinking water service usage recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 64.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.9% in 2000.
- How does Seychelles rank for drinking water service usage?
- Seychelles ranks 110th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Drinking water service usage. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Proportion of people using an improved drinking water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination.