country profile

Seychelles

Sub-Saharan AfricaHigh income123K population

Last updated August 4, 2026

Microstate notice: This country is classified as a microstate (population under 300,000) and is indexed but not included in GEFRI global or regional rankings.

Progressing readiness

Composite GEFRI Score

Infrastructure is strong, but Innovation lags

Seychelles shows progressing readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (54th percentile worldwide). Reforms are translating into broader capability, though uneven performance continues to slow system-wide alignment.

64.14Composite score

Global percentile: 54th
Global rank: Not ranked (microstate)
Regional rank: Not ranked (microstate)
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Target achieved

Infrastructure

90.24

88th percentileGlobal avg. 70.44

Progressing readiness

Human Capital

61.69

37th percentileGlobal avg. 66.18

Critically unprepared

Innovation

23.76

5th percentileGlobal avg. 48.64

Progressing readiness

Governance

66.31

80th percentileGlobal avg. 47.07

Advanced readiness

Access & Parity

78.70

55th percentileGlobal avg. 60.85

Country profile

Seychelles shows progressing readiness, with important strengths but continued gaps across the system. Its weakest results are in Innovation (24, 5th percentile). These gaps continue to weigh on overall readiness.

Wide gaps between dimensions reveal structural weaknesses that slow coordinated progress. High internet adoption enables broad participation in digital learning and innovation. Limited tertiary enrollment narrows future talent pipelines and innovation capacity.

Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Girls outperform boys in secondary pathways, adding pressure to address male dropout risks.

Human Capital presents a near-term leapfrog opportunity: performance is just below the global average, backed by enough observed data to support forward planning. Regionally, Seychelles leads most clearly in School Access and Gender Parity, sitting well above the peer average.

Some indicators are imputed, so the profile should be read with moderate caution.

Key insights

Scores range from Infrastructure (90.2) to Innovation (23.8), reflecting variation across dimensions.

Leads regional peers most clearly in Access & Parity.

Regional peers: Sub-Saharan Africa

Composite GEFRI Score

Global rank	Regional rank	Country	Score
61	1	Mauritius	69.13
67	2	South Africa	68.78
—	—	SeychellesMicrostate	64.14
86	3	Botswana	63.01
97	4	Namibia	59.03
100	5	Ghana	58.00
115	6	Eswatini	49.17
116	7	Cabo Verde	49.06
123	8	Rwanda	44.81
127	9	Gambia, The	43.01
128	10	Kenya	42.93
129	11	Senegal	42.87
130	12	Gabon	42.59
132	13	Equatorial Guinea	41.26
133	14	Cote d'Ivoire	41.19
139	15	Zambia	38.11
140	16	Lesotho	37.98
—	—	Sao Tome and PrincipeFCSMicrostate	37.69
141	17	Togo	37.61
144	18	Benin	36.56
145	19	Zimbabwe	36.55
146	20	Tanzania	35.55
147	21	CameroonFCS	35.16
149	22	Mauritania	34.17
150	23	Sierra Leone	33.62
151	24	ComorosFCS	33.36
152	25	Burkina FasoFCS	32.56
153	26	Congo, Rep.FCS	32.39
154	27	Uganda	32.27
155	28	Angola	32.18
157	29	NigeriaFCS	31.67
158	30	MozambiqueFCS	30.55
159	31	MalawiFCS	30.35
160	32	EthiopiaFCS	30.26
161	33	MaliFCS	29.69
162	34	Madagascar	29.63
164	35	Guinea	28.36
165	36	Guinea-BissauFCS	28.36
168	37	Liberia	24.94
169	38	NigerFCS	24.54
170	39	Burundi	24.53
171	40	Congo, Dem. Rep.FCS	24.39
172	41	SudanFCS	23.03
173	42	EritreaFCS	21.02
174	43	ChadFCS	20.62
175	44	Central African RepublicFCS	20.44
176	45	SomaliaFCS	20.32
177	46	South SudanFCS	18.91