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General profile: Seychelles

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2023
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
0.128 Millions
..
2 056 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(q) 460 km²
-1.04 %
1.83 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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+0.7 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2023
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchandise exports
340
400
415
541
Merchandise imports
675
984
991
1 451
Merchandise trade balance
-335
-584
-577
-910
Export structure by product group in 2023
(as % of total exports)
1 %1 %16 %16 %11 %11 %72 %72 %
Top 5 partners in 2023
(exports, millions of US$)
1206256403212062564032
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Services exports
370
441
848
1 833
Services imports
240
266
498
1 010
Services trade balance
129
174
349
823
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport
36.1
29.7
24.5
10.4
Travel
52.0
62.3
46.3
54.0
Other services
11.7
8.0
29.2
35.7
TRADE INDICES
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11611311011213014014012110011612410393991021029911394919091959595981009910294918788858572
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+1.8 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2023
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
GDP, current
919
986
1 432
2 056
GDP per capita, current US$
10 296
10 382
13 358
16 067
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
9.01
6.38
9.69
1.83
Current account balance, % of GDP
-18.94
-21.74
-17.88
-7.55
Exchange rate (/US$)
5.500
12.068
13.314
..
GDP by expenditure in 2022
(as % of total GDP)
53.526.920.0109.7110.153.526.920.0109.7110.1
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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-0.1 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2023
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
FDI inflows
85.88
210.81
194.55
238.47
FDI outflows
33.41
6.15
9.95
-1.91
Personal remittances, % of GDP
..
1.76
1.32
..
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
10.99.510.023.622.721.722.118.415.112.917.725.317.423821222516530-66187155195230170261207211171182182146863758486524FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Balance, % of GDP
-17.98
-20.99
-8.64
-3.01
Balance, % of imports
-18.67
-19.75
-8.71
-2.54
Normalized balance
-0.103
-0.110
-0.046
-0.013
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
234228238186220236233205190213220244204192215204174181175
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2023
(% of population)
Urban 59%Urban 59%Rural 41%Rural 41%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.008 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2023
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
70
288
370
176
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
..
..
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
0.05
0.30
0.21
..
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
2.94
2.38
3.30
..
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
..
..
..
Source: UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
q
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 11 October 2024