🇸🇨 Seychelles Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇸🇨 Seychelles SC / SYC #180

Nomad Score 53.0

Cities 6

Region African Union, Francophone, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Nomad Visa Countries, Islands, Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa

Currency SCR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 68/100

Press Freedom (2025) 68.6/100 #45

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.760

HDI 0.848

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary presidential system

Title	Name
President of Seychelles	Patrick Herminie
Vice-President of Seychelles	Sebastien Pillay

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 68 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 68.6 / 100

Global Rank #45 / 180

Rank Change -8 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #48 59.0

Economic #39 56.1

Legal #49 71.0

Social #58 69.8

Safety #60 86.8

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.760

Liberal 0.680

Participatory 0.341

Deliberative 0.703

Egalitarian 0.632

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	68.6	45	59.0	56.1	71.0	69.8	86.8
2024	73.8	37	67.1	59.8	74.2	75.0	92.6
2023	75.7	34	74.4	59.4	77.0	80.2	87.6
2022	83.3	13	80.5	69.1	85.3	90.3	91.5
2021	74.3	52	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	71.3	63	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	70.6	69	-	-	-	-	46.9
2018	69.8	85	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	69.1	87	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	69.4	92	-	-	-	-	39.7
2015	68.5	96	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	68.3	103	-	-	-	-	-
2013	70.8	93	-	-	-	-	-
2012	25.0	74	-	-	-	-	-
2010	18.0	66	-	-	-	-	-
2009	16.0	72	-	-	-	-	-
2008	15.5	74	-	-	-	-	-
2007	33.0	104	-	-	-	-	-
2006	24.5	96	-	-	-	-	-
2005	17.0	71	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index