Seychelles's GDP per capita (current US$) was US$19,449 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 26.85% from US$15,333 in 2015 (2.41% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$19,449 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$14,041 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$15,333 | 2015 |
| Highest | US$19,449 | 2025 |
| Lowest | US$270.28 | 1961 |
| Average since 2016 | US$17,328 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$288.06 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Seychelles' GDP per capita (current US$) rose US$1,085 on 2024 (from US$18,365 to US$19,449).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +US$379.66 and a typical year strayed about US$1,330 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$2,484 in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was US$5,100 in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 6% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Seychelles had the 60th highest value of the 186 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Seychelles | US$19,449 | 2025 |
| World | US$14,406 | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$1,673 | 2025 |
| High income | US$53,997 | 2025 |
Closest to Seychelles in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 66 values
| Year | GDP per capita (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 19,449 |
| 2024 | 18,365 |
| 2023 | 18,131 |
| 2022 | 16,683 |
| 2021 | 14,983 |
| 2020 | 14,041 |
| 2019 | 19,142 |
| 2018 | 18,440 |
| 2017 | 17,480 |
| 2016 | 16,567 |
| 2015 |
GDP per capita (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$3,129 (2025)
- Benin — US$1,658 (2025)
- Botswana — US$7,778 (2025)
- Burkina Faso — US$1,148 (2025)
- Burundi — US$233.82 (2025)
- Cabo Verde — US$5,796 (2025)
- Cameroon — US$1,972 (2025)
- Central African Republic — US$556.13 (2025)
- Chad — US$1,022 (2025)
- Comoros — US$2,056 (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$806.78 (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Seychelles
- GDP (current US$) — US$2.39 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 35.15 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$2.13 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 28.69 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 286,401 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$17,379 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 233,724 (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$2.33 billion (2025)
- GNI (current LCU) — 34.25 billion (2025)
- GNI per capita (current LCU) — 279,050 (2025)
- GDP (annual % growth) — 5.8% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Seychelles's GDP per capita (current US$)?
- US$19,449 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 6,652% from US$288.06 in 1960 (6.7% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$19,449 in 2025 and the lowest US$270.28 in 1961.
- How does Seychelles rank?
- 60th highest of 186 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in GDP per capita (current US$) unusual for Seychelles?
- In 2025, Seychelles' GDP per capita (current US$) rose US$1,085 on 2024 (from US$18,365 to US$19,449). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +US$379.66 and a typical year strayed about US$1,330 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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