Roads, paved (% of total roads) in Seychelles
Seychelles: Roads, paved (% of total roads) was 96.5% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Roads, paved in Seychelles, 1990–2010
Source: International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted. Measured in % of total roads.
Analysis
In 2010, roads, paved in Seychelles stood at 96.5%. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roads, paved in Seychelles peaked at 96.5% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 56.9%, in 1990.
That places Seychelles 2nd out of 42 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Roads, paved (% of total roads) in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % of total roads | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 56.9% | — |
| 1991 | 58.0% | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 59.1% | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 60.3% | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 61.5% | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 62.8% | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 80.3% | +27.9% |
| 1997 | 84.5% | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 96.0% | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 96.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 96.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 96.5% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 96.5% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 96.5% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 96.5% | +0.0% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 96.5% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 19.0%, 5.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roads, paved (% of total roads) in Seychelles changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +27.9% | 62.8% | 80.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 65.4% | 56.9% | 84.5% | 8 |
| 2000s | 96.2% | 96.0% | 96.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 96.5% | 96.5% | 96.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More infrastructure data for Seychelles
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 163,827 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 125.62 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 16,166 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 12.4 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1332 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -12.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 16,166 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.35 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roads, paved in Seychelles?
- Roads, paved in Seychelles was 96.5% in 2010, according to International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted.
- What is the highest roads, paved recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 96.5% in 2007.
- What is the lowest roads, paved recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.9% in 1990.
- How does Seychelles rank for roads, paved?
- Seychelles ranks 2nd out of 42 countries with data for 2010.
- Is roads, paved rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted, published as part of Roads, paved (% of total roads). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Paved roads are those surfaced with crushed stone (macadam) and hydrocarbon binder or bituminized agents, with concrete, or with cobblestones, as a percentage of all the country's roads, measured in length.