Travel services in Seychelles
Seychelles: Travel services was 54.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Seychelles, 1976–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for travel services in Seychelles is 54.9%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Seychelles peaked at 75.2% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 43.7%, in 2020.
That places Seychelles 60th out of 198 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 49 years of available data.
Travel services in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 70.6% | — |
| 1977 | 57.8% | -18.2% |
| 1978 | 58.9% | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 58.0% | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 59.0% | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 55.9% | -5.3% |
| 1982 | 48.8% | -12.6% |
| 1983 | 48.6% | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 44.7% | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 44.2% | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 47.8% | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 50.2% | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 53.0% | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 69.6% | +31.3% |
| 1990 | 75.2% | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 64.0% | -15.0% |
| 1992 | 66.0% | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 51.6% | -21.7% |
| 1994 | 50.9% | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 49.5% | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 63.0% | +27.3% |
| 1997 | 63.8% | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 56.8% | -11.0% |
| 1999 | 51.8% | -8.7% |
| 2000 | 50.8% | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 52.0% | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 55.2% | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 54.9% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 55.5% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 55.2% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 55.6% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 71.4% | +28.5% |
| 2008 | 66.5% | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 61.4% | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 62.3% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 62.5% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 57.8% | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 52.6% | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 48.2% | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 46.8% | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 58.7% | +25.5% |
| 2017 | 56.8% | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 51.2% | -10.0% |
| 2019 | 54.0% | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 43.7% | -19.0% |
| 2021 | 48.1% | +10.0% |
| 2022 | 56.1% | +16.5% |
| 2023 | 55.0% | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 54.9% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 61.3% | 57.8% | 70.6% | 4 |
| 1980s | 52.2% | 44.2% | 69.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 59.2% | 49.5% | 75.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 57.9% | 50.8% | 71.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.1% | 46.8% | 62.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.6% | 43.7% | 56.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
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 travel services in Seychelles?
- Travel services in Seychelles was 54.9% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 75.2% in 1990.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.7% in 2020.
- How does Seychelles rank for travel services?
- Seychelles ranks 60th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.