Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Seychelles
Seychelles: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 1 index in 2024. ▼ Falling
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Seychelles, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 1 index for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Seychelles peaked at 1.1 index in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.9521 index, in 2015.
That places Seychelles 79th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.08 index | — |
| 1971 | 1.07 index | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 1.06 index | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 1.08 index | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 1.08 index | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 1.1 index | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 1.05 index | -4.1% |
| 1977 | 1.07 index | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 1.08 index | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 1.05 index | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 1.06 index | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 1.04 index | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 1.04 index | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 1.04 index | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 1.05 index | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 1.05 index | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 1.03 index | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 1.05 index | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 1.05 index | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 1.04 index | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 1.05 index | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 1.04 index | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 1.03 index | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 1.06 index | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 1.05 index | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 1.04 index | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 1.02 index | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 1.03 index | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 1.04 index | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.9941 index | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 0.9873 index | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9954 index | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 1.01 index | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 1.01 index | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 index | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9989 index | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9881 index | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9903 index | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9825 index | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 1.01 index | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 1.01 index | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9992 index | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 1 index | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9732 index | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9521 index | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 1.03 index | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 1.05 index | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 1.04 index | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 1.03 index | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 1.06 index | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 1.06 index | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 1.01 index | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9975 index | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 1 index | +0.3% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 1 index is above the median for high income countries, which is 1 index, 1.0× the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 1 index is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9709 index, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.07 index | 1.05 index | 1.1 index | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.04 index | 1.03 index | 1.06 index | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.04 index | 1.02 index | 1.06 index | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.9955 index | 0.9825 index | 1.01 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 index | 0.9521 index | 1.05 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 index | 0.9975 index | 1.06 index | 5 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More health data for Seychelles
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -1.17 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,333 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 3 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.0987 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.033 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.2838 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Seychelles?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Seychelles was 1 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1 index in 1975.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9521 index in 2015.
- How does Seychelles rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Seychelles ranks 79th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.