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Seychelles · Finances and debt

Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · copied on 2026-11-11

Public finances and external accounts

A fiscal deficit of 1.0 % of GDP

Seychelles: in 2025, the general government spent 1.0 % of GDP more than it collected, public debt stood at 51.2 % of GDP, the current account showed a deficit of 7.7 % (IMF).

Fiscal balance · 2025
−1.0 %
of GDP · +14.7 pt since 2020
Public debt · 2025
51.2 %
of GDP · −27.4 pt since 2020
Current account · 2025
−7.7 %
of GDP · +4.8 pt since 2020

Fiscal balance, % of GDP

Negative: a deficit · dashed: estimates and projections

−20 % −15 % −10 % −5 % 0 % 5 % 2015 2020 2025 2030 Seychelles −2.1 East Africa −3.5 −20 % −15 % −10 % −5 % 0 % 5 % 2015 2020 2025 2030
  • Seychelles
  • East Africa

Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · general government net lending or borrowing · group values weighted by GDP in dollars (Syli Atlas)

Current account, % of GDP

Trade, income and transfers with the rest of the world

−20 % −15 % −10 % −5 % 0 % 2015 2020 2025 2030 Seychelles −7.1 −20 % −15 % −10 % −5 % 0 % 2015 2020 2025 2030

Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)

Currency

Seychellois rupee

The Seychellois rupee has no fixed peg: its value against the dollar and the euro moves with the market and the central bank's policy.

Currency
SCR
Seychellois rupee
Exchange regime
—
no fixed peg
Inflation · 2025
0.3 %
average annual change in consumer prices

Currency codes: ISO 4217 · fixed parities: central banks (BCEAO, BEAC, Central Bank of the Comoros, Bank of Cape Verde…) · inflation: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)

Debt

The debt of Seychelles

The World Bank publishes no external debt figures for Seychelles.

Debt of the 54 countries →
Public debt · 2025
51.2 %
of GDP · IMF