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Seychelles
Seychelles is a $2.4B economy (2025), growing 5.8% in real terms, with consumer inflation at 0.3%. 18 of 22 tracked series are published for this country.
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Economy
GDP · 2025
$2.4B
+7.1% vs 2024
#50 of 52Inflation · 2025
0.3%
−0.0 pts vs 2024
#45 of 50Population · 2025
122.7K
+1.1% vs 2024
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Source: World Bank Open Data · World Development Indicators & International Debt Statistics · rank among African countries with a recent print
The Wire
Seychelles headlines
- 'The Price of a Narrow Metric - Why Vulnerability Must Count'
[IPS] Victoria, Seychelles -- From a distance, an island nation can appear to possess everything: pristine waters, a thriving tourism industry and a strong cultural identity. Its income figures may suggest prosperity.
AllAfrica·Seychelles
- Marine Police Warn Lake Victoria Users Against Travelling Without Life Jackets
[Nile Post] The South East Zonal Commander of the Marine Police, Kosea Stephen Okiria, has warned people using water transport to stop travelling on the water without life jackets.
AllAfrica·SeychellesUganda
- How Uganda Railways Built and Lost the Lake Victoria Highway
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- For a landlocked country, Uganda once had a railway that did not end at the shoreline. At Port Bell and Jinja, railway tracks ran to the water.
AllAfrica·SeychellesUganda
- Basketball - First Bank Battle Debutants Victoria Queens in Final 8 Opener
[Daily Trust] Nine-time winners First Bank will kick off their NBBF/Zenith Bank Women's Basketball League Final 8 campaign by squaring up against debutants Victoria Queens on Tuesday at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
AllAfrica·NigeriaSeychelles
- The BBNJ Agreement - From Paper to Protection - the Real Test for Global Ocean Governance
[IPS] Victoria, Seychelles -- After decades in which the high seas were too often treated as a distant frontier--vast, ownerless and beyond meaningful protection--the High Seas Treaty entered into force on 17 January 2026.
AllAfrica·Seychelles
Capital
World Bank lending to Seychelles
1 in the pipeline · 4 active · commitments as published by the Bank.
| Project | Theme | Status | Board date | Commitment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Resilience, Inclusion, Support and Empowerment in SeychellesP518959 | Climate & energy | Pipeline | Mar 2027 | $10M |
| Seychelles Second Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Development Policy OperationP513769 | Finance & fiscal | Active | Apr 2026 | $30M |
| Renewable Energy Acceleration ProgramP505856 | Climate & energy | Active | May 2025 | $8M |
| Seychelles Solid Waste Management ProjectP181243 | Water & agriculture | Active | May 2024 | $5M |
| Strengthening Quality of the Social Protection SystemP168993 | Social protection | Active | Mar 2021 | $30M |
Source: World Bank Projects & Operations
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