External debt, end year in Seychelles
Seychelles: External debt, end year was 583.35 million current LCU in 2010. ▲ Rising
External debt, end year in Seychelles, 1995–2010
Source: World Bank country economists. Measured in current LCU.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 583.35 million current LCU for external debt, end year in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 64.6% on the previous year and down 61.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external debt, end year in Seychelles peaked at 2.67 billion current LCU in 2007 and was at its lowest, 583.35 million current LCU, in 2010.
That places Seychelles 42nd out of 47 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
External debt, end year in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | current LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 911.80 million current LCU | — |
| 1996 | 939.70 million current LCU | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 789.70 million current LCU | -16.0% |
| 1998 | 847.60 million current LCU | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 1.42 billion current LCU | +67.3% |
| 2000 | 1.50 billion current LCU | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 1.81 billion current LCU | +20.5% |
| 2002 | 2.15 billion current LCU | +18.8% |
| 2003 | 1.99 billion current LCU | -7.4% |
| 2004 | 2.10 billion current LCU | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 2.17 billion current LCU | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 2.08 billion current LCU | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 2.67 billion current LCU | +28.2% |
| 2008 | 2.12 billion current LCU | -20.6% |
| 2009 | 1.65 billion current LCU | -22.3% |
| 2010 | 583.35 million current LCU | -64.6% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 583.35 million current LCU is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 106.85 billion current LCU, 1% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 981.33 million current LCU | 789.70 million current LCU | 1.42 billion current LCU | 5 |
| 2000s | 2.02 billion current LCU | 1.50 billion current LCU | 2.67 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 2010s | 583.35 million current LCU | 583.35 million current LCU | 583.35 million current LCU | 1 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 39 Eswatini 4.30 billion current LCU compare
- 40 Togo 1.54 billion current LCU compare
- 41 Congo 1.43 billion current LCU compare
- 43 Cape Verde 14,614 current LCU compare
- 44 Equatorial Guinea 0 current LCU compare
- 44 Kenya 0 current LCU compare
- 44 Mali 0 current LCU compare
- 44 Mauritania 0 current LCU
More science & technology data for Seychelles
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 125.62 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.35 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 163,827 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 359.5 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate -2.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate -0.9325 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 15.17 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0001 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is external debt, end year in Seychelles?
- External debt, end year in Seychelles was 583.35 million current LCU in 2010, according to World Bank country economists.
- What is the highest external debt, end year recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 2.67 billion current LCU in 2007.
- What is the lowest external debt, end year recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 583.35 million current LCU in 2010.
- How does Seychelles rank for external debt, end year?
- Seychelles ranks 42nd out of 47 countries with data for 2010.
- Is external debt, end year rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank country economists, published as part of External debt, end year (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Foreign debt consists of the outstanding stock or recognized, direct liabilities of the government to the rest of the world, generated in the past and scheduled to be extinguished by government operations in the future or to continue as perpetual debt. Data are in current local currency.