People using safely managed drinking water services in Seychelles
Seychelles: People using safely managed drinking water services was 64.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People using safely managed drinking water services in Seychelles, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
In 2024, people using safely managed drinking water services 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, people using safely managed drinking water services in Seychelles peaked at 64.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 61.9%, in 2000.
Seychelles ranks 98th of 151 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 |
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More health data for Seychelles
- Population ages 65 and above, female 10.4% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 7.4% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 5,015 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 827 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 820 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 837 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 87,738 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 854 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 834 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 10,733 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed drinking water services in Seychelles?
- People using safely managed drinking water services in Seychelles was 64.7% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 64.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.9% in 2000.
- How does Seychelles rank for people using safely managed drinking water services?
- Seychelles ranks 98th out of 151 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed drinking water services 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 (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The percentage of people using drinking water from an improved source that is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.