Seychelles's personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) was US$9.9 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 26.45% from US$13.46 million in 2015 (3.03% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$9.9 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$7.4 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$13.46 million | 2015 |
| Highest | US$24.34 million | 2011 |
| Lowest | US$1.62 million | 2001 |
| Average since 2016 | US$12.16 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$3.91 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Seychelles' personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) rose 6% on 2024 (from US$9.34 million to US$9.9 million).
Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2024), the average change was +31.8% and a typical year strayed about 118% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below 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 571.8% in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 69.7% in 2007. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$1.19 million a year. A straight line explains 54% of the movement over 10 observed years.
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 105th highest value of the 109 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$9.9 million | 2025 |
| World | US$567.33 billion | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$54.16 billion | 2024 |
Closest to Seychelles in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Personal transfers are current transfers, in cash or in kind, received by resident households from non-resident households. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 30 values
| Year | Personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9,901,308 |
| 2024 | 9,340,856 |
| 2023 | 8,812,129 |
| 2022 | 8,313,329 |
| 2021 | 6,907,483 |
| 2020 | 7,398,833 |
| 2019 | 18,907,777 |
| 2018 | 18,007,406 |
| 2017 | 16,988,119 |
| 2016 | 17,020,965 |
| 2015 |
Personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$13.53 million (2025)
- Benin — US$313.86 million (2023)
- Botswana — US$143.36 million (2025)
- Burkina Faso — US$537.52 million (2024)
- Burundi — US$240.45 million (2025)
- Cabo Verde — US$338.3 million (2025)
- Cameroon — US$593.65 million (2024)
- Comoros — US$301.04 million (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$3.22 billion (2025)
- Congo, Rep.
More economic policy & debt data for Seychelles
- GDP (current US$) — US$2.39 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 35.15 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$2.13 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 28.69 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$19,449 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 286,401 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$17,379 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 233,724 (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$2.33 billion (2025)
- GNI (current LCU) — 34.25 billion (2025)
- GNI per capita (current LCU) — 279,050 (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Seychelles's personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP)?
- US$9.9 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1989?
- It is up 153.55% from US$3.91 million in 1989 (2.62% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$24.34 million in 2011 and the lowest US$1.62 million in 2001.
- How does Seychelles rank?
- 105th highest of 109 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) unusual for Seychelles?
- In 2025, Seychelles' personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) rose 6% on 2024 (from US$9.34 million to US$9.9 million). Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2024), the average change was +31.8% and a typical year strayed about 118% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below 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 BX.TRF.PWKR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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