Sub-Saharan Africa · High income
Seychelles: the economy in numbers
Per person: $19,449, or $35,854 at purchasing power parity. Population: 122,730 (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #183 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +1.0%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $131 million in 1960, $2.39 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $3,138 per person in 1960, $19,449 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 4.1% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1961: 14 of 65.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose 3.13 times from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 37.0% in 2008.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1990: 199.8% of GDP in 2001. IMF forecast for 2031: 47.7%.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Stock market capitalization, % of GDP
In 2025 listed domestic companies were worth $646 million, or 27.1% of GDP.
Population
1960: 41,700 · 2025: 122,730.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 60.5 years · 2024: 76.3 years.
Exports of goods and services
1976: 17.6% · 2025: 79.6%.
Data by year
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| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Stock market, % GDP | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 3.2%f | 2.5%f | 47.7%f | |||||||
| 2030 | 3.2%f | 2.4%f | 48.8%f | |||||||
| 2029 | 3.1%f | 2.4%f | 50.0%f | |||||||
| 2028 | 3.1%f | 2.4%f | 51.0%f | |||||||
| 2027 | 4.0%f | 2.3%f | 52.0%f | |||||||
| 2026 | 1.0%f | 0.9%f | 52.7%f | |||||||
| 2025 | $2.39B | $19,449 | $35,854 | 5.8% | 0.3% | 51.2% | 123K | 27.1% | 79.6% | |
| 2024 | $2.23B | $18,365 | $33,339 | 3.3% | 0.3% | 56.3% | 121K | 36.4% | 76.3 | 80.6% |
| 2023 | $2.17B | $18,131 | $31,894 | 5.2% | −1.0% | 55.1% | 120K | 30.2% | 75.4 | 85.5% |
| 2022 | $2.0B | $16,683 | $29,216 | 9.9% | 2.6% | 60.6% | 120K | 60.8% | 74.5 | 91.0% |
| 2021 | $1.49B | $14,983 | $29,980 | 0.6% | 9.8% | 71.0% | 99.3K | 81.4% | 73.4 | 80.3% |
| 2020 | $1.38B | $14,041 | $31,056 | −11.7% | 1.2% | 78.6% | 98.5K | 88.6% | 77.2 | 66.5% |
| 2019 | $1.87B | $19,142 | $34,219 | 5.5% | 1.8% | 48.9% | 97.6K | 60.8% | 74.0 | 82.4% |
| 2018 | $1.78B | $18,440 | $32,091 | 4.9% | 3.7% | 51.3% | 96.8K | 15.9% | 72.8 | 87.0% |
| 2017 | $1.68B | $17,480 | $30,675 | 7.0% | 2.9% | 56.7% | 95.8K | 74.3 | 93.9% | |
| 2016 | $1.57B | $16,567 | $28,811 | 12.1% | −1.0% | 64.3% | 94.7K | 74.3 | 85.4% | |
| 2015 | $1.43B | $15,333 | $25,435 | 8.9% | 4.0% | 74.8% | 93.4K | 74.3 | 90.1% | |
| 2014 | $1.39B | $15,188 | $24,985 | 4.1% | 1.4% | 70.4% | 91.4K | 73.2 | 99.2% | |
| 2013 | $1.33B | $14,821 | $22,487 | 1.3% | 4.3% | 68.2% | 89.9K | 73.1 | 94.7% | |
| 2012 | $1.09B | $12,337 | $22,264 | 3.1% | 7.1% | 80.1% | 88.3K | 74.3 | 103.0% | |
| 2011 | $1.06B | $12,110 | $21,781 | 9.5% | 2.6% | 82.5% | 87.4K | 72.7 | 98.0% | |
| 2010 | $982M | $10,935 | $18,982 | 4.5% | −2.4% | 82.2% | 89.8K | 73.2 | 91.4% | |
| 2009 | $851M | $9,747 | $18,453 | −2.5% | 31.8% | 106.1% | 87.3K | 73.1 | 105.4% | |
| 2008 | $980M | $11,265 | $18,881 | −2.7% | 37.0% | 192.1% | 87K | 73.2 | 98.1% | |
| 2007 | $1.08B | $12,669 | $19,473 | 8.9% | 5.3% | 144.0% | 85K | 73.1 | 86.8% | |
| 2006 | $1.08B | $12,783 | $17,503 | 9.4% | −0.4% | 135.1% | 84.6K | 72.2 | 83.1% | |
| 2005 | $978M | $11,802 | $15,846 | 9.0% | 0.9% | 144.1% | 82.9K | 72.1 | 77.1% | |
| 2004 | $893M | $10,828 | $14,160 | −2.9% | 3.9% | 163.2% | 82.5K | 72.7 | 72.9% | |
| 2003 | $751M | $9,070 | $14,142 | −5.9% | 3.3% | 177.0% | 82.8K | 71.0 | 87.5% | |
| 2002 | $742M | $8,864 | $14,570 | 1.2% | 0.2% | 195.9% | 83.7K | 71.1 | 76.7% | |
| 2001 | $662M | $8,153 | $14,615 | −2.3% | 6.0% | 199.8% | 81.2K | 73.3 | 82.5% | |
| 2000 | $654M | $8,064 | $14,638 | 4.3% | 6.3% | 177.8% | 81.1K | 72.8 | 74.3% | |
| 1999 | $663M | $8,243 | $13,853 | 1.9% | 6.3% | 159.8% | 80.4K | 72.7 | 22.9% | |
| 1998 | $647M | $8,210 | $13,675 | 2.5% | 2.6% | 161.2% | 78.8K | 71.7 | 19.8% | |
| 1997 | $599M | $7,747 | $13,458 | 12.2% | 0.6% | 143.0% | 77.3K | 71.2 | 19.8% | |
| 1996 | $535M | $7,004 | $11,931 | 10.0% | −1.1% | 146.7% | 76.4K | 71.6 | 27.3% | |
| 1995 | $541M | $7,181 | $10,809 | 0.5% | −0.2% | 133.5% | 75.3K | 72.5 | 10.3% | |
| 1994 | $518M | $6,975 | $10,692 | −2.4% | 1.7% | 123.5% | 74.2K | 70.7 | 10.2% | |
| 1993 | $504M | $6,979 | $11,020 | 7.3% | 1.4% | 82.2% | 72.3K | 69.5 | 10.6% | |
| 1992 | $461M | $6,520 | $10,243 | 7.2% | 3.2% | 79.9% | 70.8K | 71.2 | 10.9% | |
| 1991 | $398M | $5,655 | $9,387 | 2.8% | 2.0% | 89.2% | 70.4K | 70.7 | 12.8% | |
| 1990 | $392M | $5,642 | $8,955 | 7.5% | 3.9% | 80.4% | 69.5K | 68.1 | 15.1% | |
| 1989 | $324M | $4,689 | 10.3% | 1.6% | 69.2K | 68.0 | 11.1% | |||
| 1988 | $302M | $4,392 | 5.3% | 1.8% | 68.8K | 68.7 | 11.0% | |||
| 1987 | $265M | $3,872 | 4.9% | 2.6% | 68.5K | 68.2 | 8.8% | |||
| 1986 | $221M | $3,368 | 0.8% | 0.2% | 65.7K | 68.7 | 8.7% | |||
| 1985 | $180M | $2,754 | 10.3% | 0.8% | 65.2K | 69.7 | 16.3% | |||
| 1984 | $161M | $2,488 | 4.3% | 4.1% | 64.7K | 69.6 | 16.7% | |||
| 1983 | $156M | $2,426 | −0.6% | 6.1% | 64.3K | 70.4 | 13.6% | |||
| 1982 | $157M | $2,441 | −2.1% | −0.9% | 64.4K | 69.3 | 10.2% | |||
| 1981 | $164M | $2,557 | −3.9% | 10.6% | 64K | 70.2 | 10.9% | |||
| 1980 | $157M | $2,478 | −5.1% | 13.6% | 63.3K | 69.6 | 14.1% | |||
| 1979 | $127M | $2,030 | 15.8% | 12.5% | 62.7K | 68.3 | 17.2% | |||
| 1978 | $85.6M | $1,377 | 21.2% | 11.8% | 62.1K | 68.0 | 17.7% | |||
| 1977 | $64.5M | $1,044 | −6.2% | 15.0% | 61.8K | 67.7 | 17.2% | |||
| 1976 | $49.3M | $814 | 16.3% | 14.9% | 60.5K | 67.3 | 17.6% | |||
| 1975 | $47.8M | $806 | 3.2% | 18.6% | 59.3K | 66.9 | ||||
| 1974 | $43.1M | $745 | 1.3% | 24.4% | 57.9K | 66.5 | ||||
| 1973 | $36.9M | $649 | 9.1% | 18.2% | 56.9K | 66.0 | ||||
| 1972 | $30.6M | $547 | 6.3% | 20.9% | 56K | 65.4 | ||||
| 1971 | $22M | $402 | 15.9% | 14.6% | 54.7K | 64.7 | ||||
| 1970 | $18.4M | $344 | 8.9% | 53.6K | 64.0 | |||||
| 1969 | $16.5M | $314 | 0.0% | 52.4K | 63.3 | |||||
| 1968 | $16.1M | $314 | 7.6% | 51.1K | 62.7 | |||||
| 1967 | $16.6M | $333 | 0.5% | 49.9K | 62.1 | |||||
| 1966 | $16.4M | $338 | 13.9% | 48.7K | 61.7 | |||||
| 1965 | $15.6M | $328 | −1.1% | 47.5K | 61.5 | |||||
| 1964 | $15.4M | $332 | 5.9% | 46.3K | 61.2 | |||||
| 1963 | $13.9M | $308 | 10.1% | 45.2K | 60.9 | |||||
| 1962 | $12.6M | $287 | 8.4% | 44K | 60.7 | |||||
| 1961 | $11.6M | $270 | −4.9% | 42.9K | 60.6 | |||||
| 1960 | $12M | $288 | 41.7K | 60.5 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
Nearby economies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.
Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cabo Verde · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Côte d’Ivoire · DR Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · South Sudan · Sudan · São Tomé and Príncipe · Tanzania · Togo · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe
Rankings
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)