Tax revenue in Seychelles
Seychelles: Tax revenue was 22.1% in 2008. ▼ Falling
Tax revenue in Seychelles, 1985–2008
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2008, tax revenue in Seychelles stood at 22.1%. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in Seychelles peaked at 34.6% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 22.1%, in 2008.
Seychelles ranks 37th of 157 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Tax revenue in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 28.8% | — |
| 1986 | 30.0% | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 32.8% | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 33.8% | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 34.6% | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 33.2% | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 30.0% | -9.6% |
| 1995 | 26.0% | -13.6% |
| 1996 | 25.3% | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 25.3% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 24.8% | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 25.6% | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 24.5% | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 25.7% | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 23.2% | -9.6% |
| 2007 | 22.3% | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 22.1% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 32.0% | 28.8% | 34.6% | 5 |
| 1990s | 27.2% | 24.8% | 33.2% | 7 |
| 2000s | 23.6% | 22.1% | 25.7% | 5 |
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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 tax revenue in Seychelles?
- Tax revenue in Seychelles was 22.1% in 2008, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 34.6% in 1989.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.1% in 2008.
- How does Seychelles rank for tax revenue?
- Seychelles ranks 37th out of 157 countries with data for 2008.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. 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 Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. 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.