Current account balance in Seychelles

The current account balance of Seychelles was -5.7% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2019.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1976 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Seychelles, 2025 -5.7% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +1.8percentage points 2024: -7.5%

Current account balance in Seychelles over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Seychelles
2025 -5.7%
2024 -7.5%
2023 -7.1%
2022 -7.1%
2021 -10.8%
2020 -12.5%
2019 -2.8%
2018 -2.3%
2017 -2.2%
2016 -2.6%
2015 -17.9%
2014 -22.4%
2013 -11.9%
2012 -14.8%
2011 -28.5%
2010 -21.8%
2009 -22.3%
2008 -26.8%
2007 -18.0%
2006 -12.4%
2005 -17.8%
2004 -6.8%
2003 -1.2%
2002 -13.6%
2001 -23.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.8 percentage points from -7.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -17.9%, the figure has changed by +12.2 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1976 to 2025 for Seychelles
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics