International tourism, number of departures in Seychelles
Seychelles: International tourism, number of departures was 19,000 in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, number of departures in Seychelles, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
Analysis
The most recent figure for international tourism, number of departures in Seychelles is 19,000, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 75.0% on the previous year and down 67.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, number of departures in Seychelles peaked at 76,000 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 19,000, in 2020.
That places Seychelles 112th out of 117 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, number of departures in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 31,000 | — |
| 1996 | 29,000 | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 30,000 | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 31,000 | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 32,000 | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 36,000 | +12.5% |
| 2001 | 41,000 | +13.9% |
| 2002 | 53,000 | +29.3% |
| 2003 | 50,000 | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 48,000 | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 52,000 | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 55,000 | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 58,000 | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 54,000 | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 49,000 | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 59,000 | +20.4% |
| 2011 | 48,000 | -18.6% |
| 2012 | 45,000 | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 47,000 | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 50,000 | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 56,000 | +12.0% |
| 2016 | 68,000 | +21.4% |
| 2017 | 74,000 | +8.8% |
| 2018 | 72,000 | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 76,000 | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 19,000 | -75.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30,600 | 29,000 | 32,000 | 5 |
| 2000s | 49,600 | 36,000 | 58,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 59,500 | 45,000 | 76,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,000 | 19,000 | 19,000 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 110 Burundi 35,000 compare
- 111 Tajikistan 31,000 compare
- 113 Samoa 18,500 compare
- 114 French Polynesia 12,000 compare
- 115 Vanuatu 9,400 compare
More private sector data for Seychelles
- Merchandise trade 86.7% (2025)
- Food imports 26.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 51.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.52 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 85.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 0.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 550.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,481 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2304 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -1.26 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, number of departures in Seychelles?
- International tourism, number of departures in Seychelles was 19,000 in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, number of departures recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 76,000 in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, number of departures recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,000 in 2020.
- How does Seychelles rank for international tourism, number of departures?
- Seychelles ranks 112th out of 117 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, number of departures rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, number of departures. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.