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Topic 02 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Seychelles: Economy & Innovation
What does an economy do for the people inside it?
Seychelles is placed joint 49th of 176 countries on economy & innovation in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GDP per Capita (PPP) 30,639 (2025); Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit 43.23 (2025).
Share
Economy & Innovation
joint49th
of 176 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 4 key statistics
- 30,639GDP per Capita (PPP), 2025GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)
- 43.23Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit, 2025Firms with a bank loan or line of credit (%)
- —Economic Complexity Index, 2024No reading for this country
- —Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, 2024No reading for this country
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Seychelles on economy & innovation — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
30,639
GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)
Higher is better
Seychelles: 30,639. Across the 185 countries in this edition, values run from 1,067 (Burundi) to 139,593 (Singapore); the world median is 17,265.
- World median
- 17,265
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 30,639 Seychelles
Key 2 of 4
Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2016–2025 · Seychelles’s is from 2023 · CC BY 4.0
43.23
Firms with a bank loan or line of credit (%)
Higher is better
Seychelles: 43.23. Across the 179 countries at their latest reading, values run from 2.113 (Pakistan) to 88.52 (Israel); the world median is 35.95.
- World median
- 35.95
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 60.79 Mauritius
Key 3 of 4
Economic Complexity Index
Growth Lab at Harvard University
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC0 1.0
No reading
ECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3)
Higher is better
Growth Lab at Harvard University publishes no 2024 figure for Seychelles, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 145 countries in this edition, values run from -3.53 (Chad) to 1.729 (Japan); the world median is 0.131.
- World median
- 0.131
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 0.287 Mauritius
Key 4 of 4
Account Ownership at a Financial Institution
World Bank Group
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Adults with an account (% of population aged 15+)
Higher is better
World Bank Group publishes no 2024 figure for Seychelles, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 14.83 (Niger) to 99.85 (Iceland); the world median is 72.83.
- World median
- 72.83
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 90.12 Kenya
02Over time
Which way Seychelles is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
GDP per Capita (PPP)
GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP) · higher is better
SeychellesWorld median
Seychelles rose from 20,634 in 2000 to 30,639 in 2025; the world median went from 10,589 to 17,265.
Every year’s figures
Year Seychelles World median 2025 30,639 17,265 2024 29,288 18,108 2023 28,714 17,686 2022 27,276 16,933 2021 29,980 16,260 2020 30,056 15,631 2019 34,346 16,761 2018 32,841 16,349 2017 31,596 16,129 2016 29,905 15,512 2015 27,032 14,857 2014 25,379 14,475 2013 24,771 14,681 2012 24,920 14,631 2011 24,406 13,916 2010 21,709 14,101 2009 21,361 13,655 2008 21,990 14,030 2007 23,118 13,755 2006 21,342 12,983 2005 19,917 12,023 2004 18,356 11,608 2003 18,825 11,183 2002 19,778 11,144 2001 20,147 10,907 2000 20,634 10,589
03In context
Seychelles beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 176 countries on economy & innovation, never a place within the region.
Seychelles and Eastern Africa
Seychelles has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 176; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GDP per Capita (PPP)GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP) | Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of CreditFirms with a bank loan or line of credit (%) | Economic Complexity IndexECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3) | Account Ownership at a Financial InstitutionAdults with an account (% of population aged 15+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mauritius | 36th | 28,770 | 60.79 | 0.287 | 89.6 |
| Seychelles | =49th | 30,639 | 43.23 | — | — |
 Kenya | 82nd | 5,995 | 46.85 | -0.268 | 90.12 |
 Uganda | 122nd | 2,980 | 25.97 | -0.524 | 72.83 |
 Rwanda | =125th | 3,559 | 42.67 | -1.098 | — |
 Comoros | 134th | 3,622 | 34.76 | — | 45.46 |
 Djibouti | 135th | 7,223 | 20.53 | — | — |
 Zambia | 140th | 3,742 | 3.108 | -0.67 | 72.7 |
 Tanzania | 141st | 3,821 | 16.67 | -0.923 | 59.83 |
 Zimbabwe | 143rd | 5,529 | 23.08 | -1.091 | 49.52 |
 Ethiopia | 148th | 3,095 | 23.45 | -1.091 | 48.83 |
 Burundi | 157th | 1,067 | 23.72 | — | — |
 Malawi | 161st | 1,623 | 17.95 | -1.007 | 50.37 |
 Mozambique | 165th | 1,451 | 11.15 | -1.227 | 54.39 |
 Madagascar | 171st | 1,668 | 7.996 | -1.033 | 24.45 |
 Somalia | 176th | 1,404 | 5.353 | — | — |
 Eritrea | not placed | — | 10.93 | — | — |
| Somaliland | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 South Sudan | not placed | — | 33.83 | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Eastern Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 176.
Placed either side on economy & innovation
The countries immediately above and below Seychelles in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Seychelles is ahead of the world, and behind
48 more statistics filed under economy & innovation, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median11
Statistics on which Seychelles does better than the middle country measured.
Livestock Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 107.06189.71107.06▲ Improved since 2012
Seychelles: 189.71 · world median 107.06 · Livestock production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 35.52 to 190.08; higher is better.
Position 3rd of 194 · derived.
Food Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.08149.83106.08▲ Improved since 2012
Seychelles: 149.83 · world median 106.08 · Food production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 71.08 to 177.49; higher is better.
Position 7th of 195 · derived.
Water-Use EfficiencyFAO · 2023 · world median 16.1116.7716.1▲ Improved since 2013
Seychelles: 116.77 · world median 16.1 · Value added per cubic metre of freshwater withdrawn (constant US$ per m³). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 1,378; higher is better.
GDP GrowthWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 3.3965.7983.396▼ Worsened since 2015
Seychelles: 5.798 · world median 3.396 · GDP growth (annual %). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -5.847 to 19.34; higher is better.
Position 35th of 186 · derived.
Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison)GGDC · 2022 · world median 12,89031,05512,890▲ Improved since 2012
Seychelles: 31,055 · world median 12,890 · GDP per capita (2011 international $). Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 596.39 to 149,171; higher is better.
Position 39th of 166 · derived.
Management Practices IndexWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 52.3955.8752.39No earlier reading
Seychelles: 55.87 · world median 52.39 · Management practices index, medium and large firms (0–100). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 28.07 to 69.29; higher is better.
Position 58th of 169 · derived.
Productive Capacities IndexUNCTAD · 2022 · world median 46.6751.8746.67▲ Improved since 2012
Seychelles: 51.87 · world median 46.67 · Productive Capacities Index (1–100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 17.8 to 71.02; higher is better.
Position 67th of 195 · derived.
Regulatory QualityWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median -0.0930.315-0.093No real change since 2015
Seychelles: 0.315 · world median -0.093 · Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -2.106 to 2.113; higher is better.
Position 73rd of 209 · derived.
Actual Individual Consumption per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2021 · world median 12,80019,23112,800▼ Worsened since 2017
Seychelles: 19,231 · world median 12,800 · Actual individual consumption per capita (PPP, current international $). World Bank Group, 2021 edition, data for 2021.
Published values in that edition run from 688.7 to 52,654; higher is better.
Position 63rd of 173 · derived.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4230.4825.42No real change since 2014
Seychelles: 30.48 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 70th of 170 · derived.
Firms Competing Against Informal FirmsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 41.8141.6241.81No earlier reading
Seychelles: 41.62 · world median 41.81 · Firms competing against unregistered or informal firms (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.926 to 90.5; lower is better.
Position 92nd of 181 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median11
Statistics on which Seychelles does worse than the middle country measured.
Global Innovation IndexWorld Intellectual Property Organization · 2025 · world median 28.5227.1628.52No earlier reading
Seychelles: 27.16 · world median 28.52 · GII score (0–100). World Intellectual Property Organization, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.94 to 65.96; higher is better.
Ranked 75th of 139 by World Intellectual Property Organization.
Business Ready: Operational EfficiencyWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 65.8263.5765.82No earlier reading
Seychelles: 63.57 · world median 65.82 · Operational efficiency score (0–100). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 40.36 to 87.33; higher is better.
Position 28th of 50 · derived.
Crop Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.23101.78106.23▼ Worsened since 2012
Seychelles: 101.78 · world median 106.23 · Crop production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 53.79 to 189.93; higher is better.
Position 121st of 195 · derived.
Researchers per Million InhabitantsUIS · 2024 · world median 701.95146.54701.95No earlier reading
Seychelles: 146.54 · world median 701.95 · Researchers per million inhabitants (full-time equivalent). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.446 to 18,130; higher is better.
Position 104th of 145 · derived.
Government AI Readiness IndexOxford Insights · 2025 · world median 40.1927.2440.19▼ Worsened since 2020
Seychelles: 27.24 · world median 40.19 · AI readiness score (0–100). Oxford Insights, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 12.12 to 88.36; higher is better.
Ranked 140th of 195 by Oxford Insights.
Business Ready: Regulatory FrameworkWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 66.858.8366.8No earlier reading
Seychelles: 58.83 · world median 66.8 · Regulatory framework score (0–100). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 46.21 to 78.34; higher is better.
Position 39th of 50 · derived.
Firms with an International Quality CertificationWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 10.44.09810.4No earlier reading
Seychelles: 4.098 · world median 10.4 · Firms with an internationally recognised quality certification (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 45.77; higher is better.
Business Ready: Public ServicesWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 50.1337.2150.13No earlier reading
Seychelles: 37.21 · world median 50.13 · Public services score (0–100). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 18.35 to 73.31; higher is better.
Position 41st of 50 · derived.
Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 56.2119.4356.21▼ Worsened since 2016
Seychelles: 19.43 · world median 56.21 · LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 4.13 to 1,319; higher is better.
Ranked 142nd of 175 by UNCTAD.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.9750.030.975▼ Worsened since 2014
Seychelles: 0.03 · world median 0.975 · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.45; higher is better.
Position 111th of 119 · derived.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4740.5857.474▼ Worsened since 2014
Seychelles: 0.585 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 110th of 118 · derived.
No better end26
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.60285.779.602Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 85.77 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
Foreign Direct Investment InflowsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 1.96814.851.968Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 14.85 · world median 1.968 · FDI inflows (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -32.97 to 2,221.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.68172.2979.68No real change since 2015
Seychelles: 172.29 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 9th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.7292.6741.72Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 92.67 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 10th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
General Government ConsumptionWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 16.2125.0716.21Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 25.07 · world median 16.21 · General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 5.445 to 38.94.
Position 10th of 132 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.3479.6236.34Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 79.62 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 12th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1791.3767.17Moved since 2014
Seychelles: 91.37 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.4850.306Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 0.485 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Tax Revenue (% of GDP)OECD · 2024 · world median 21.8530.9521.85No real change since 2014
Seychelles: 30.95 · world median 21.85 · Total tax revenue, all levels of government (% of GDP). OECD, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.11 to 45.18.
Price Level of Household ConsumptionGGDC · 2023 · world median 0.5230.6640.523No real change since 2013
Seychelles: 0.664 · world median 0.523 · Price level of household consumption (US output price level in 2021 = 1). Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.177 to 65.54.
Household ConsumptionWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 62.0469.2762.04Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 69.27 · world median 62.04 · Household and NPISH final consumption expenditure (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 25.21 to 133.34.
Position 43rd of 131 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.731,276275.73Moved since 2016
Seychelles: 1,276 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Statutory Corporate Income Tax RateOECD · 2026 · world median 242524Moved since 2016
Seychelles: 25 · world median 24 · Combined statutory corporate income tax rate, central and sub-central government (%). OECD, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 36.13.
Statutory Minimum WageILO · 2024 · world median 657.95766.06657.95Moved since 2014
Seychelles: 766.06 · world median 657.95 · Statutory minimum wage per month (2021 PPP $). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.038 to 3,804.
Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.1714.6116.171Moved since 2014
Seychelles: 4.611 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.
Inflation, GDP DeflatorWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 3.3062.6023.306Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 2.602 · world median 3.306 · Annual change in the GDP implicit deflator (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -7.93 to 227.09.
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2021 · world median 1.7080.1211.708Moved since 2011
Seychelles: 0.121 · world median 1.708 · Natural resources rents (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2021 edition, data for 2021.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.03.
Position 147th of 180 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 6.5722.6066.572No real change since 2015
Seychelles: 2.606 · world median 6.572 · Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.025 to 47.59.
Position 118th of 158 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 22.9318.7122.93Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 18.71 · world median 22.93 · Gross capital formation (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.679 to 45.27.
Position 100th of 131 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.2390.38103.23Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 90.38 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 11.265.40811.26Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 5.408 · world median 11.26 · Manufacturing value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.481 to 43.97.
Position 111th of 132 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Scholarly ArticlesOurResearch · 2025 · world median 2,240632,240No real change since 2022
Seychelles: 63 · world median 2,240 · Articles with at least one author at an institution in the country (full counting). OpenAlex (OurResearch), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 1,094,890.
Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 24.6514.3524.65Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 14.35 · world median 24.65 · Industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.228 to 75.09.
Position 142nd of 158 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.661.273.66Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 1.27 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2350.041.235Moved since 2014
Seychelles: 0.04 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.
Gross Savings (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2024 · world median 22.062.5422.06Moved since 2014
Seychelles: 2.54 · world median 22.06 · Gross savings (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from -21.13 to 47.82.
Position 142nd of 146 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for Seychelles
Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Adjusted Net Savings, Average Monthly Earnings of Employees (last 2022), Complexity Outlook Index, Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, Container Port Traffic (last 2019), Debt Service on External Debt, Economic Complexity Index, External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, Frontier Technology Readiness Index, Gini Index (last 2018), Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID) (last 2018), GNI per Capita (PPP) (last 2023), Income Share Held by Lowest 20% (last 2018), Income Share Held by Richest 10% (last 2018), Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), Interest Payments on External Debt, Logistics Performance Index, New Business Density, Palma Ratio (last 2018), Research and Development Spending (last 2016), Total Factor Productivity Level and World Energy Trilemma Index. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Economy & Innovation among Seychelles’s 14 topics
Economy & Innovation is Seychelles’s 7th best-placed topic of 14. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Peace & Security4th of 1774/4 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 27th of 1933/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture31st of 1842/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions38th of 1944/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties44th of 1984/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 43rd of 1833/4 keys
- Economy & Innovationjoint 49th of 1762/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital74th of 1963/3 keys
- Poverty & Inequality64th of 1593/3 keys
- Digital & Technology105th of 1984/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing108th of 2002/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge109th of 1983/4 keys
- Energy116th of 1652/3 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 172nd of 1773/4 keys
No standing on Work & Labour, Environment & Sustainability: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on economy & innovation
The three countries placed highest of 176, and the leaders Seychelles can most readily be measured against.
1
AustriaWestern Europe
1st of 176 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0, greyscale
2
JapanEastern Asia
2nd of 176 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: JurriaanH · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
GermanyWestern Europe
3rd of 176 · 4 of 4 keys
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
Mauritius36th4/4 keysThis page
Seychelles=49th2/4 keys
Positions out of 176 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Seychelles and economy & innovation
On economy & innovation
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On economy & innovation
India vs Pakistan 2025: Comparison of Hunger Index, Happiness, HDI, Rule of Law, Literacy & GDP
India and Pakistan on six published measures: hunger, happiness, human development, rule of law, literacy and GDP per capita, each from its own publisher and year.
On economy & innovation
Countries in Asia with the highest average salaries 2024
Thirteen Asian countries by gross average monthly wage, each carrying its WORLD rank rather than an Asian one — so the numbers skip, from 11th place to 45th.
08Questions
Seychelles on economy & innovation: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Seychelles rank on economy & innovation?
Seychelles is placed joint 49th of 176 countries on Economy & Innovation in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics (GDP per Capita (PPP) and Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GDP per Capita (PPP) figure for Seychelles?
30,639 in 2025 (gDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 17,265.
What is the latest Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit figure for Seychelles?
43.23 in 2025 (firms with a bank loan or line of credit (%)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 35.95.
How have Seychelles’s economy & innovation figures changed?
GDP per Capita (PPP) rose from 20,634 in 2000 to 30,639 in 2025.
Which economy & innovation statistics are missing for Seychelles?
No current reading is published for Seychelles on Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Adjusted Net Savings, Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, Complexity Outlook Index, Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, Container Port Traffic, Debt Service on External Debt, Economic Complexity Index, External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, Frontier Technology Readiness Index, Gini Index, Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), GNI per Capita (PPP), Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, Income Share Held by Richest 10%, Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), Interest Payments on External Debt, Logistics Performance Index, New Business Density, Palma Ratio, Research and Development Spending, Total Factor Productivity Level and World Energy Trilemma Index. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
The total size of an economy is deliberately left out: a very large economy spread over a very large population is not doing more for each person. Growth rates, trade shares and the structure of output (how much is farming, industry or services) are published here as context, because they describe an economy's shape rather than how well it serves people. Jobs and wages have their own topic, Work & Labour.
How the Economy & Innovation standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The economy & innovation method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GDP per Capita (PPP) — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Economic Complexity Index — Growth Lab at Harvard University, CC0 1.0
- Account Ownership at a Financial Institution — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
The other 48 statistics on this page come from 11 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Seychelles’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Seychelles (banner) — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Austria — chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Japan — JurriaanH, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Germany — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Seychelles: Economy & Innovation — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/seychelles/economy