Seychelles
GDP growth in Seychelles
GDP growth in Seychelles: -2.3% a year in 1980 and 5.8% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 5.8% a year
- Since 1980
- +8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 25 of 143
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 3.2% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 3.2% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 12.2% a year in 1997, the lowest -11.8% a year in 2020.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Seychelles |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 5.2 |
| 2022 | 9.9 |
| 2021 | 0.6 |
| 2020 | -11.8 |
| 2019 | 5.5 |
| 2018 | 4.9 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2016 | 12.1 |
| 2015 | 8.9 |
| 2014 | 4.7 |
| 2013 | 6.4 |
| 2012 | 3.8 |
| 2011 | 5.7 |
| 2010 | 6.3 |
| 2009 | -1.1 |
| 2008 | -2.1 |
| 2007 | 10.4 |
| 2006 | 9.4 |
| 2005 | 9 |
| 2004 | -2.9 |
| 2003 | -5.9 |
| 2002 | 1.2 |
| 2001 | -2.3 |
| 2000 | 4.3 |
| 1999 | 1.9 |
| 1998 | 2.5 |
| 1997 | 12.2 |
| 1996 | 10 |
| 1995 | 0.5 |
| 1994 | -2.4 |
| 1993 | 7.3 |
| 1992 | 7.2 |
| 1991 | 2.8 |
| 1990 | 7.5 |
| 1989 | 10.3 |
| 1988 | 5.3 |
| 1987 | 4.9 |
| 1986 | 0.8 |
| 1985 | 10.3 |
| 1984 | 4.3 |
| 1983 | -0.6 |
| 1982 | -2.1 |
| 1981 | -3.9 |
| 1980 | -2.3 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Seychelles |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 |
| 2027 | 4 |
| 2028 | 3.1 |
| 2029 | 3.1 |
| 2030 | 3.2 |
| 2031 | 3.2 |
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Seychelles in numbers
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- Military spending1.24% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$28M in 2025
- Military spending per person$216 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel0 people in 2020
- National power0% of world capability in 2022
- Arms imports19 million TIV in 2021
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 1995