The Seychelles MPI was developed by the Poverty Alleviation Department and the National Bureau of Statistics of Seychelles with technical support from OPHI. Published in 2020, the MPI findings are based on data from a special module attached to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) of Quarter 3 2019. 

• Citation: National Bureau of Statistics & Poverty Alleviation Department (2020). Multidimensional Poverty Index Report 2019 Seychelles. Seychelles. 

Seychelles published a pilot MPI report in 2018 to test the performance of indicators for measuring multidimensional poverty in Seychelles and prepare for the main report, which was then published in 2020.

• National Bureau of Statistics (2018). Multidimensional Poverty Index-Pilot Quarter 4 2018 Report

Poverty Cut-Off: A person is considered poor if they are deprived in 25% or more of the 14 weighted indicators.  

The annual global MPI produced by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative in partnership with the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme is an internationally comparable index of acute multidimensional poverty. OPHI publishes Country Briefings summarising poverty statistics of the global MPI for each country.     

Visit the most recent Global MPI Country Briefing for Seychelles based on QLFS year 2019. 

Official institution responsible for statistics  

• National Bureau of Statistics 

Additional materials  

• Pilot Seychelles Multidimensional Poverty Index Report_Q4 2018 (nbs.gov.sc) 

Events  

• 25 September 2014 | Intervention by H.E. Jean-Paul Adam, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Seychelles at UNGA 69 Side Event 
• 22 September 2016 | Intervention by H.E. Marie-Louise Potter, Ambassador to the UN, on behalf of H.E. Joel Morgan, Foreign Minister of Seychelles at UNGA 71 Side Event 
• 25 September 2019 | Intervention by H.E. Barry Faure, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Blue Economy delivering a message on behalf of H.E. Danny Faure, President of Seychelles at UNGA 74 Side Event
• 4 July 2019 | 7th MPPN Annual Meeting 2019 - Seychelles 

Dimensions articles 

• July 2019 Seychelles launches pilot MPI with President Danny Faure in attendance | MPPN
• May 2020 | Multidimensional Poverty Index Report 2019: Seychelles | MPPN 

Press Releases/News  

• 1 July 2019 | Seychelles launches pilot MPI with President Danny Faure in attendance
• 22 May 2020 | Seychelles Nation - Multidimensional Poverty Index Report 2019

VNRs   

• Voluntary National Review 2020 p.p. 24-5