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🇸🇨 Seychelles

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Policy rate 1.75% Policy Rate · None
Headline inflation 0.93% Aug 2026
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Tier 1 · Markets

The Market Now

Series Per US$1 As of Source
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Marketretail 14.51 26 Sep 2026, 18:14 UTC Remitly
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Official rate, 10-year annual average (World Bank)

12151820142017202020232025

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Tier 2 · Policy & Prices

Policy & Prices

Policy rate

Instrument Rate Effective Source
Central Bank of Seychelles Policy Rate 1.75% — Central Bank of Seychelles

As of 12 Sep 2026, 01:12 UTC

Inflation

Series YoY Period Source
Headline 0.93% Aug 2026 Source

As of 12 Sep 2026, 19:49 UTC

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Yield curve

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Tier 3 · Structure

Structure & trajectory

Annual indicators, latest available year on each card · Sources: World Bank / UN / IMF WEO Oct 2025 / V-Dem / EIA

16 of 23 indicators improving improving

Rule: for each metric with at least two observations, direction is the sign of (latest − earliest). Child mortality, $3/day poverty, national poverty, debt service, debt-to-GDP, and the Gini index are inverted (a decline is improvement). Overall: improving if ≥60% of those metrics improved, mixed if 40–60%, worsening if <40%.

Population

122,730 · 2025

93,000106,500120,000201520172019202120232025

↑ 31,371 since 2014

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GDP per capita (PPP)

$35,854 · 2025

$25,000$30,500$36,000201520172019202120232025

↑ $10,870 since 2014

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GDP per capita growth

4.6% · 2025

-13%0%11%201520172019202120232025

↑ 2.2 pts since 2014

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Life expectancy

76.3 years · 2024

7274.577201420162018202020222024

↑ 3.1 years since 2014

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Child mortality

14 per 1,000 · 2024

1414.515201420162018202020222024

↓ 0.5 since 2014

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Internet users

87.8% · 2024

51%69.5%88%201420162018202020222024

↑ 36.6 pts since 2014

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Manufacturing share of GDP

5.4% · 2025

4.7%5.7%6.7%201520172019202120232025

↓ 1.9 pts since 2014

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Electricity access

100% · 2024

95%97.5%100%201420162018202020222024

→ 0 pts since 2014

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Adult literacy

not available

Debt service / exports

not available

Exports of goods and services

$2.3B · 2024

$1.2B$1.8B$2.4B201420162018202020222024

↑ $935.3M since 2014

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GDP growth

5.8% · 2025

-12%0%13%201520172019202120232025

↑ 1.7 pts since 2014

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GDP

$2.4B · 2025

$1.3B$1.9B$2.4B201520172019202120232025

↑ $999.4M since 2014

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Unemployment

not available

FDI inflows

$226.1M · 2024

$68M$189M$310M201420162018202020222024

↑ $117.8M since 2014

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Remittances

$11.9M · 2024

$9.5M$16.8M$24M201420162018202020222024

↓ $3.1M since 2014

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External debt

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Agriculture share of GDP

2.6% · 2025

1.9%2.2%2.6%201520172019202120232025

↑ 0.3 pts since 2014

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Services share of GDP

67.9% · 2025

67%69.5%72%201520172019202120232025

↑ 3.1 pts since 2014

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Investment rate

18.7% · 2025

16%21.5%27%201520172019202120232025

↓ 10.3 pts since 2014

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Terms of trade

90.30 · 2024

90.0095.00100.00201420162018202020222024

↓ 9.10 since 2014

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FX reserves

$773.7M · 2024

$460M$615M$770M201420162018202020222024

↑ $308.7M since 2014

includes gold

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Lending rate

9.9% · 2025

9.1%11.1%13%201520172019202120232025

↓ 1.8 pts since 2014

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Deposit rate

2.5% · 2025

1.6%2.6%3.6%201520172019202120232025

↑ 0.1 pts since 2014

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Health expenditure

4.5% · 2023

4.2%5%5.8%2014201820202023

↑ 0 pts since 2014

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Physicians

6.6 per 1,000 · 2022

1.84.26.62016201820202022

↑ 4.7 since 2016

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Tertiary enrollment

14.5% · 2024

7.2%24.6%42%201420162018202020222024

↑ 7.2 pts since 2014

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Tourist arrivals

124,500 · 2020

120,000275,000430,0002014201620182020

↓ 114,500 since 2014

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Account ownership

not available

Exports per capita derived

$19,023 · 2024

$12,000$17,000$22,000201420162018202020222024

↑ $3,992 since 2014

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Median age

33.7 years · 2023

3032342014201820202023

↑ 2.8 years since 2014

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Government revenue / GDP

33.3% · 2026

30%32%34%201620182020202220242026

↓ 3 pts since 2014

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Debt to GDP

55% · 2026

48%62.5%77%20142017202020232026

↓ 15.4 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Gross debt (national currency)

SCR 19.4B · 2026

SCR 12BSCR 15.5BSCR 19B20142017202020232026

↑ SCR 7B since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Current account / GDP

-7.8% · 2026

-23%0%0.3%20142017202020232026

↑ 14.5 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Budget balance / GDP

-2.1% · 2026

-16%0%3%20142017202020232026

↓ 5 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Electoral democracy

0.76 · 2025

0.510.640.76201520172019202120232025

↑ 0.27 since 2014

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Trade profile

Exports

$2.3B · 2024

$1.2B$1.8B$2.4B201420162018202020222024

↑ $935.3M since 2014

Imports

$2.4B · 2024

$1.3B$1.9B$2.5B201420162018202020222024

↑ $800.1M since 2014

Balance derived

−$76.1M · 2024

$-211.3M$0$83.5M201420162018202020222024

↑ $135.2M since 2014

Top exports · 2024

Products

  1. Preparations of meat or fish $273.9M · 46.1%
  2. Mineral fuels $218.3M · 36.7%
  3. Copper $40M · 6.7%
  4. Fish and crustaceans $24.3M · 4.1%
  5. Food industry residues and fodder $10.2M · 1.7%
  6. Aluminium $7.8M · 1.3%
  7. Machinery and mechanical appliances $3.1M · 0.5%
  8. Animal or vegetable fats and oils $2.8M · 0.5%
  9. Iron and steel $2.2M · 0.4%
  10. Optical, medical, precision instruments $2.1M · 0.4%

Partners

  1. United Arab Emirates $278M · 46.8%
  2. France $97.4M · 16.4%
  3. United Kingdom $79.3M · 13.3%
  4. Italy $49.2M · 8.3%
  5. Netherlands $17.4M · 2.9%
  6. Germany $14.3M · 2.4%
  7. Côte d'Ivoire $6.6M · 1.1%
  8. Ireland $5.8M · 1.0%
  9. Hong Kong $5.8M · 1.0%
  10. Portugal $4.3M · 0.7%

Top imports · 2024

Products

  1. Mineral fuels $308.3M · 20.4%
  2. Fish and crustaceans $132.6M · 8.8%
  3. Machinery and mechanical appliances $114.3M · 7.6%
  4. Electrical machinery and equipment $85.2M · 5.7%
  5. Vehicles other than railway $84.4M · 5.6%
  6. Articles of iron or steel $59.2M · 3.9%
  7. Plastics $57.9M · 3.8%
  8. Paper and paperboard $48.4M · 3.2%
  9. Beverages, spirits, vinegar $46.5M · 3.1%
  10. Furniture, bedding, lamps $35.2M · 2.3%

Partners

  1. United Arab Emirates $531.2M · 35.2%
  2. France $115.6M · 7.7%
  3. Spain $102.1M · 6.8%
  4. India $94.8M · 6.3%
  5. South Africa $92.2M · 6.1%
  6. China $74.4M · 4.9%
  7. United Kingdom $46.9M · 3.1%
  8. Thailand $39.7M · 2.6%
  9. Mauritius $37.9M · 2.5%
  10. Madagascar $35.5M · 2.4%

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