Goods and services expense in Seychelles
Seychelles: Goods and services expense was 27.9% in 2008. ▼ Falling
Goods and services expense in Seychelles, 1985–2008
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 27.9% for goods and services expense in 2008.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goods and services expense in Seychelles peaked at 36.7% in 1986 and was at its lowest, 20.3%, in 1996.
Seychelles ranks 20th of 154 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Goods and services expense in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 35.3% | — |
| 1986 | 36.7% | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 33.9% | -7.8% |
| 1988 | 28.7% | -15.1% |
| 1989 | 29.6% | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 29.1% | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 29.2% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 24.0% | -17.6% |
| 1996 | 20.3% | -15.5% |
| 1997 | 23.3% | +14.7% |
| 1998 | 24.6% | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 20.7% | -15.8% |
| 2000 | 24.6% | +18.9% |
| 2005 | 29.6% | +20.6% |
| 2006 | 27.1% | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 26.7% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 27.9% | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 32.8% | 28.7% | 36.7% | 5 |
| 1990s | 24.5% | 20.3% | 29.2% | 7 |
| 2000s | 27.2% | 24.6% | 29.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 17 Botswana 28.4% compare
- 18 Saint Kitts and Nevis 28.3% compare
- 19 Timor-Leste 28.3%
- 21 Singapore 27.9% compare
- 22 Rwanda 27.8% compare
- 23 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 27.5% compare
More public sector data for Seychelles
- Arms imports 19.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 191.42 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0128 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 19.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 221.34 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0121 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -19.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 26.86 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 41,304 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2021)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 72,231 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goods and services expense in Seychelles?
- Goods and services expense in Seychelles was 27.9% in 2008, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest goods and services expense recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 36.7% in 1986.
- What is the lowest goods and services expense recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.3% in 1996.
- How does Seychelles rank for goods and services expense?
- Seychelles ranks 20th out of 154 countries with data for 2008.
- Is goods and services expense rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Goods and services expense (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Use of goods and services for own account capital formation is excluded. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.