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Seychelles: Current account balance (% of GDP)

-5.66percent · 2025+68.4% since 2015

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Seychelles from 1976 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-5.659
2024-7.458
2023-7.123
2022-7.083
2021-10.77
2020-12.53
2019-2.842
2018-2.341
2017-2.204
2016-2.614
2015-17.885
2014-22.37
2013-11.897
2012-14.807
2011-28.452
2010-21.841
2009-22.266
2008-26.842
2007-18.009
2006-12.369
2005-17.8
2004-6.754
2003-1.247
2002-13.646
2001-23.118
2000-6.561
1999-17.616
1998-16.419
1997-11.035
1996-9.793
19950.262
19946.064
19931.711
1992-1.496
1991-2.051
1990-3.309
1989-12.226
1988-9.408
1987-7.961
1986-15.055
1985-10.686
1984-8.254
1983-16.688
1982-25.851
1981-11.477
1980-9.965
1979-9.637
1978-4.657
1977-2.899
1976-7.905

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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