Drinking water services in Seychelles
Seychelles: Drinking water services was 4,320 people in 2018. ▲ Rising
Drinking water services in Seychelles, 2004–2018
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
In 2018, drinking water services in Seychelles stood at 4,320 people. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in Seychelles peaked at 4,320 people in 2018 and was at its lowest, 3,326 people, in 2004.
That places Seychelles 98th out of 231 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,429 people | 3,326 people | 3,532 people | 6 |
| 2010s | 3,948 people | 3,583 people | 4,320 people | 9 |
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More environment data for Seychelles
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.9764 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 8.05 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0023 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0743 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0033 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0677 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in Seychelles?
- Drinking water services in Seychelles was 4,320 people in 2018, 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 services recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 4,320 people in 2018.
- What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,326 people in 2004.
- How does Seychelles rank for drinking water services?
- Seychelles ranks 98th out of 231 countries with data for 2018.
- Is drinking water services rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.