🇸🇨 Republic of Seychelles (Sesel)
Visiting: Take care
The Seychelles is a safe country to visit. There is no conflict at all, ranking 1st, and road deaths are low, at 40th. Its weak spot is violent crime, which is common, placed 133rd. LGBT rights are solid, women's safety is good and freedom is well protected, all ranking between 43rd and 47th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Seychelles: 8.0
Ranked 48th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Eight killings per 100,000 people a year is above the world average, where the risky tier begins. On a population this small, a handful of cases moves it.
Is it safe to visit?
Take some care, though the number is small — ten killings in 2022, and with 100,000 people one case moves the rate a full point.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Seychelles: 6.6
Ranked 40th in the world for the safest roads.
Why this rank?
Under seven deaths per 100,000 people a year is low but close to seven and a half, which is half the world average.
Is it safe to visit?
Safe. Motorbikes are where the risk is.
Conflict — world number one
Conflict deaths inside the country in the last twelve months, as recorded by the Uppsala conflict database, civilians killed on purpose, and any UN sanctions or court order over a war. The worst of those sets the colour. Lower is better.
Seychelles: 1.00
Ranked 1st least conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
Nothing on record. The Uppsala conflict database has never recorded a conflict death in the Seychelles since its records began in 1989.
Is it safe to visit?
Nothing to think about. The Somali piracy that once troubled these waters faded years ago.
Freedom
Six freedoms rated 0–4 by Freedom House — protest, speech, press, religion, movement and due process. The weakest rating sets the colour, and the total places the country inside it — higher is better.
Seychelles: 8.10
Ranked 47th freest country in the world.
Why this rank?
In the Seychelles 4 of the six freedoms are rated 3 and the rest higher. Total 20 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
More open since the opposition won the presidency in 2020. Corruption and lengthy pretrial detention are the remaining problems, and the second one is what could reach a visitor.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Seychelles: 6.1
Ranked 43rd most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Decriminalised in 2016 with employment protections added. Public opinion scores 66 out of 100, above the law at 56, and that lifts it into the good band.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine. Small-island discretion still rules, but the change came without backlash and advocacy exists openly.
Women's Safety
Women's safety — feeling safe out at night, political violence against women, a fair hearing in court, and how normal violence at home is, with the night figure setting a floor on the colour — higher is better.
Seychelles: 8.13
Ranked 43rd safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
The courts rate near perfect. The index's regional estimates for the street and for violence at home are what hold it back.
Is it safe to visit?
The Seychelles is safe for a woman travelling alone.