Seychelles — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Seychelles, 1971–2025.
Inflation for Seychelles was 0.30% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 55 years, from 1971 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 36.96% in 2008. The lowest was -2.40% in 2010 (about -8.1× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -6.96% per year.
Seychelles ranks 169 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 90%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.51%, so Seychelles sits below it. It peaked in 2008 and has fallen 99% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 93%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 42 of 46 economies; Cote d'Ivoire (0.13%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 1787% in 2003. That is 87% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1971 level: doubled by 2008.
World ranking. Slipped: 6th of 95 in 1971 → 58th of 106 in 1980 → 97th of 131 in 1990 → 48th of 163 in 2000 → 183rd of 186 in 2010 → 109th of 178 in 2020 → 152nd of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1971 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.3% | -0.0 pp |
| 2024 | 0.31% | +1.3 pp |
| 2023 | -1.04% | -3.7 pp |
| 2022 | 2.63% | -7.1 pp |
| 2021 | 9.77% | +8.6 pp |
| 2020 | 1.2% | -0.6 pp |
| 2019 | 1.81% | -1.9 pp |
| 2018 | 3.7% | +0.8 pp |
| 2017 | 2.86% | +3.9 pp |
| 2016 | -1.02% | -5.1 pp |
| 2015 | 4.04% | +2.7 pp |
| 2014 | 1.39% | -3.0 pp |
| 2013 | 4.34% | -2.8 pp |
| 2012 | 7.11% | +4.6 pp |
| 2011 | 2.56% | +5.0 pp |
| 2010 | -2.4% | -34.2 pp |
| 2009 | 31.75% | -5.2 pp |
| 2008 | 36.96% | +31.6 pp |
| 2007 | 5.32% | +5.7 pp |
| 2006 | -0.35% | -1.3 pp |
| 2005 | 0.91% | -3.0 pp |
| 2004 | 3.86% | +0.6 pp |
| 2003 | 3.3% | +3.1 pp |
| 2002 | 0.17% | -5.8 pp |
| 2001 | 5.97% | -0.3 pp |
| 2000 | 6.27% | -0.1 pp |
| 1999 | 6.35% | +3.8 pp |
| 1998 | 2.58% | +2.0 pp |
| 1997 | 0.62% | +1.7 pp |
| 1996 | -1.1% | -0.9 pp |
| 1995 | -0.24% | -2.0 pp |
| 1994 | 1.74% | +0.4 pp |
| 1993 | 1.38% | -1.9 pp |
| 1992 | 3.25% | +1.3 pp |
| 1991 | 1.99% | -1.9 pp |
| 1990 | 3.89% | +2.3 pp |
| 1989 | 1.58% | -0.3 pp |
| 1988 | 1.84% | -0.8 pp |
| 1987 | 2.59% | +2.4 pp |
| 1986 | 0.24% | -0.6 pp |
| 1985 | 0.83% | -3.3 pp |
| 1984 | 4.09% | -2.0 pp |
| 1983 | 6.05% | +7.0 pp |
| 1982 | -0.91% | -11.5 pp |
| 1981 | 10.58% | -3.0 pp |
| 1980 | 13.57% | +1.1 pp |
| 1979 | 12.48% | +0.7 pp |
| 1978 | 11.78% | -3.2 pp |
| 1977 | 14.96% | +0.1 pp |
| 1976 | 14.87% | -3.7 pp |
| 1975 | 18.61% | -5.8 pp |
| 1974 | 24.42% | +6.2 pp |
| 1973 | 18.24% | -2.7 pp |
| 1972 | 20.94% | +6.3 pp |
| 1971 | 14.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Seychelles’s Inflation in 1972?
20.94% (1972). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Seychelles’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1971 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -98.0% in total — about 7.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 0.3%; 2024: 0.31%; 2023: -1.04%; 2022: 2.63%; 2021: 9.77%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.