African Tax Observatory · Country brief · SeychellesData pulled 14 October 2026 · taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/SYC

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Seychelles

Collected 24.4% of GDP in tax in 2024, 3 of 38 reporting members.

24.4%

Tax, % of GDP, 2024

−3.9

Points since 2010

0.87

Tax buoyancy

over 16 years

$9,035

Tax per person

PPP dollars

Plate I·Over time

Fifteen years, against the continent

Over time

Seychelles against the continent

Measure

SeychellesEastern Africa medianATAF median and middle half

The shaded band is the middle half of ATAF members each year (25th to 75th percentile); the dashed line is the median of Eastern Africa. The members reporting change from year to year, so the band can move because the set of countries changed; the CSV gives the count for each year.

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Year	Seychelles	Eastern Africa median	ATAF median	ATAF 25th percentile	ATAF 75th percentile	Members reporting
2010	28.28	11.55	14.34	10.67	16.43	26
2011	30.95	12.53	14.84	10.99	16.62	33
2012	28.31	13.08	15.07	11.45	16.75	33
2013	26.85	13.69	13.83	11.23	16.89	32
2014	27.77	14.70	14.26	11.87	17.13	32
2015	26.27	15.15	15.08	12.33	18.55	33
2016	28.53	15.61	14.38	12.40	17.43	33
2017	30.12	15.25	14.75	11.50	16.95	35
2018	30.52	15.62	14.18	10.86	16.10	36
2019	34.12	15.12	13.57	11.51	17.23	38
2020	28.48	14.28	13.27	10.85	16.07	38
2021	27.89	11.94	12.72	10.44	16.06	40
2022	24.43	13.69	14.18	11.34	18.16	39
2023	24.58	13.41	14.43	11.30	18.82	37
2024	24.37	14.28	14.30	12.17	18.05	38
2025	26.88	13.68	13.74	12.18	20.53	34

Plate II·Peers, 2024

Each tax beside the medians

Against its peers, 2024

Each tax as a share of GDP, beside the medians

The line joins Seychelles (orange) to the ATAF median (grey); the blue tick is the Eastern Africa median. All three are for 2024.

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Measure	Seychelles	Eastern Africa median	ATAF median
Tax-to-GDP	24.37	14.28	14.30
Domestic taxes	15.77	10.01	9.01
Customs taxes	8.60	4.76	4.87
Non-tax revenue	0.65	0.65	2.59
VAT	10.08	5.14	5.20
PIT	4.23	2.43	2.04
CIT	5.12	1.80	2.72

Plate III·Tax heads

How Seychelles's tax is made up

Tax heads

What each tax brings in, as a share of GDP

Personal income taxCorporate income taxWithholding taxOther domestic taxesImport dutyExcise on importsOther customs taxesNot attributed to a headDomestic VATVAT on importsPresumptive tax

Each bar stacks the tax heads ATAF publishes for that year. Where the heads do not add up to total tax revenue, the gap is drawn in light grey and labelled, never spread across the heads. A head missing from a year was not reported for that year.

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Year	Tax head	Revenue (PPP $)	% of GDP
2010	Personal income tax	79733100	4.74
2010	Corporate income tax	101103419	6.01
2010	Withholding tax	8357038	0.50
2010	Other domestic taxes	1320413	0.08
2010	Import duty	51484577	3.06
2010	Excise on imports	48552443	2.88
2010	Other customs taxes	54155398	3.22
2010	Not attributed to a head	131302564	7.80
2011	Personal income tax	93482042	5.10
2011	Corporate income tax	117205607	6.40
2011	Withholding tax	10656566	0.58
2011	Other domestic taxes	824789	0.05
2011	Import duty	61555711	3.36
2011	Excise on imports	58643885	3.20
2011	Other customs taxes	60059172	3.28
2011	Not attributed to a head	164433110	8.98
2012	Personal income tax	94988084	4.99
2012	Corporate income tax	93416588	4.91
2012	Withholding tax	10088120	0.53
2012	Other domestic taxes	642444	0.03
2012	Import duty	52863040	2.78
2012	Excise on imports	53838410	2.83
2012	Other customs taxes	56648675	2.97
2012	Not attributed to a head	176630174	9.28
2013	Domestic VAT	103980833	5.17
2013	Personal income tax	97818166	4.86
2013	Corporate income tax	87792330	4.36
2013	Withholding tax	8587626	0.43
2013	Other domestic taxes	12254361	0.61
2013	VAT on imports	77683289	3.86
2013	Import duty	54119761	2.69
2013	Excise on imports	50754280	2.52
2013	Other customs taxes	2811845	0.14
2013	Not attributed to a head	44514813	2.21
2014	Domestic VAT	128838950	5.88
2014	Personal income tax	116262250	5.30
2014	Corporate income tax	80575066	3.67
2014	Withholding tax	8544353	0.39
2014	Presumptive tax	872824	0.04
2014	Other domestic taxes	21732890	0.99
2014	VAT on imports	102370463	4.67
2014	Import duty	48584702	2.22
2014	Excise on imports	80700341	3.68
2014	Other customs taxes	2106	0.00
2014	Not attributed to a head	20499618	0.93
2015	Domestic VAT	121414431	5.40
2015	Personal income tax	123818830	5.51
2015	Corporate income tax	69075582	3.07
2015	Withholding tax	10781495	0.48
2015	Presumptive tax	1236944	0.06
2015	Other domestic taxes	22001272	0.98
2015	VAT on imports	102070589	4.54
2015	Import duty	40553576	1.80
2015	Excise on imports	83262866	3.70
2015	Not attributed to a head	16295557	0.72
2016	Domestic VAT	137012313	5.61
2016	Personal income tax	124458451	5.09
2016	Corporate income tax	109373709	4.48
2016	Withholding tax	10673611	0.44
2016	Presumptive tax	1286866	0.05
2016	Other domestic taxes	24528716	1.00
2016	VAT on imports	121634999	4.98
2016	Import duty	46705921	1.91
2016	Excise on imports	109083007	4.46
2016	Not attributed to a head	12369958	0.51
2017	Domestic VAT	162394052	6.38
2017	Personal income tax	118944204	4.67
2017	Corporate income tax	139486086	5.48
2017	Withholding tax	15905117	0.62
2017	Presumptive tax	1599321	0.06
2017	Other domestic taxes	28131014	1.10
2017	VAT on imports	114221827	4.49
2017	Import duty	36789534	1.44
2017	Excise on imports	125319675	4.92
2017	Not attributed to a head	24023613	0.94
2018	Domestic VAT	195288949	7.01
2018	Personal income tax	152395880	5.47
2018	Corporate income tax	145538805	5.22
2018	Withholding tax	12153234	0.44
2018	Presumptive tax	1605464	0.06
2018	Other domestic taxes	31667268	1.14
2018	VAT on imports	121916328	4.37
2018	Import duty	40150651	1.44
2018	Excise on imports	119198584	4.28
2018	Not attributed to a head	30731823	1.10
2019	Domestic VAT	204148981	6.65
2019	Personal income tax	125455667	4.09
2019	Corporate income tax	178180298	5.81
2019	Withholding tax	13341073	0.43
2019	Presumptive tax	1570399	0.05
2019	Other domestic taxes	9570273	0.31
2019	VAT on imports	129045619	4.21
2019	Import duty	40867614	1.33
2019	Excise on imports	177162992	5.78
2019	Not attributed to a head	167303350	5.45
2020	Domestic VAT	174073679	6.24
2020	Personal income tax	141045168	5.06
2020	Corporate income tax	133932180	4.80
2020	Withholding tax	13560338	0.49
2020	Presumptive tax	1422633	0.05
2020	Other domestic taxes	26616001	0.95
2020	VAT on imports	119951709	4.30
2020	Import duty	31630732	1.13
2020	Excise on imports	115407352	4.14
2020	Not attributed to a head	36607423	1.31
2021	Domestic VAT	198903713	6.40
2021	Personal income tax	155145007	4.99
2021	Corporate income tax	167062573	5.38
2021	Withholding tax	17025153	0.55
2021	Presumptive tax	2314927	0.07
2021	Other domestic taxes	22594648	0.73
2021	VAT on imports	124210982	4.00
2021	Import duty	26996957	0.87
2021	Excise on imports	114113813	3.67
2021	Not attributed to a head	38069962	1.23
2022	Domestic VAT	288472250	6.56
2022	Personal income tax	176546918	4.02
2022	Corporate income tax	157005284	3.57
2022	Withholding tax	15492913	0.35
2022	Presumptive tax	2894976	0.07
2022	Other domestic taxes	20757768	0.47
2022	VAT on imports	172873465	3.93
2022	Import duty	38921892	0.89
2022	Excise on imports	156985047	3.57
2022	Not attributed to a head	43790426	1.00
2023	Domestic VAT	244613570	5.58
2023	Personal income tax	178966481	4.09
2023	Corporate income tax	197007597	4.50
2023	Withholding tax	11363431	0.26
2023	Presumptive tax	3453717	0.08
2023	Other domestic taxes	52441488	1.20
2023	VAT on imports	184299162	4.21
2023	Import duty	36430469	0.83
2023	Excise on imports	150599005	3.44
2023	Not attributed to a head	17597224	0.40
2024	Domestic VAT	268924470	5.98
2024	Personal income tax	190180411	4.23
2024	Corporate income tax	230496737	5.12
2024	Withholding tax	14302602	0.32
2024	Presumptive tax	4204839	0.09
2024	VAT on imports	184299162	4.10
2024	Import duty	43010936	0.96
2024	Excise on imports	159742545	3.55
2025	Domestic VAT	250137711	5.94
2025	Personal income tax	200001983	4.75
2025	Corporate income tax	231659387	5.50
2025	Withholding tax	18838697	0.45
2025	Presumptive tax	3627840	0.09
2025	Other domestic taxes	77428811	1.84
2025	VAT on imports	175863466	4.17
2025	Import duty	36121777	0.86
2025	Excise on imports	141249641	3.35

The mix in 2024

Every shilling, franc or rand of tax, by head

Rectangle areas are proportional to revenue in 2024 (US dollars at purchasing-power parity). Total tax revenue: $1.1bn.

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Tax head	Revenue (PPP $)	Share of tax revenue
Domestic VAT	268924470	0.25
Personal income tax	190180411	0.17
Corporate income tax	230496737	0.21
Withholding tax	14302602	0.01
Presumptive tax	4204839	0.00
VAT on imports	184299162	0.17
Import duty	43010936	0.04
Excise on imports	159742545	0.15

Every published number

Seychelles in the ATAF Databank

All 23 freely available indicators, exactly as ATAF publishes them. A blank cell means ATAF has no figure for that year; nothing is filled in.

Seychelles: ATAF Databank indicators by year
Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Nominal GDP (PPP)	$1.7bn	$1.8bn	$1.9bn	$2.0bn	$2.2bn	$2.2bn	$2.4bn	$2.5bn	$2.8bn	$3.1bn	$2.8bn	$3.1bn	$4.4bn	$4.4bn	$4.5bn	$4.2bn
Real GDP	6,352.0m	6,693.0m	6,939.0m	7,357.0m	7,690.3m	8,072.9m	8,191.6m	8,959.7m	9,487.4m	9,566.0m	20,196.0m	20,569.5m	26,680.8m	26,163.0m	27,070.0m	28,703.9m
Final Consumption (PPP)											$1.9bn	$2.0bn		$4.1bn	$4.5bn	$4.0bn
Total Tax Revenues (PPP)	$476.0m	$566.9m	$539.1m	$540.3m	$609.0m	$590.5m	$697.1m	$766.8m	$850.6m	$1.0bn	$794.2m	$866.4m	$1.1bn	$1.1bn	$1.1bn	$1.1bn
Total Number Of Registered Taxpayers	15k	15k	17k	19k	21k	22k	24k	26k			31k	33k	1,754	37k	22k
Non-Tax-Revenues (PPP)	$32.6m	$42.5m	$40.0m	$35.6m	$34.8m	$28.5m	$33.5m			$126.4m	$117.3m	$97.2m	$22.6m	$26.2m	$29.4m	$28.5m
Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)	$321.8m	$386.6m	$375.8m	$354.9m	$377.3m	$364.6m	$419.7m	$490.5m	$569.4m	$699.6m	$527.3m	$601.1m	$705.0m	$705.4m	$709.4m	$779.3m
Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)	$154.2m	$180.3m	$163.4m	$185.4m	$231.7m	$225.9m	$277.4m	$276.3m	$281.3m	$347.1m	$267.0m	$265.3m	$368.8m	$371.3m	$387.1m	$353.2m
Revenue From Agriculture, Forest & Fishing (PPP)	$339.1k	$373.0k	$377.2k	$639.0k	$525.7k	$512.2k	$752.4k	$651.4k
Revenue From Mining & Quarrying (PPP)	$3.6m	$2.8m	$2.8m	$4.4m	$4.9m	$4.8m	$4.8m	$4.6m
Revenue From Secondary Sector (PPP)	$66.7m	$90.4m	$75.7m	$90.6m	$98.2m	$97.4m	$99.1m	$100.7m
Revenue From Tertiary Sector (PPP)	$251.2m	$293.0m	$296.9m	$259.3m	$273.7m	$261.9m	$315.1m	$384.5m
Domestic VAT Revenues (PPP)				$104.0m	$128.8m	$121.4m	$137.0m	$162.4m	$195.3m	$204.1m	$174.1m	$198.9m	$288.5m	$244.6m	$268.9m	$250.1m
VAT Refunded (PPP)				$6.1m	$9.0m	$18.8m	$25.0m	$16.9m	$11.7m	$11.0m	$15.4m	$16.1m	$19.5m	$35.7m	$56.4m	$49.5m
PIT Revenues (PPP)	$79.7m	$93.5m	$95.0m	$97.8m	$116.3m	$123.8m	$124.5m	$118.9m	$152.4m	$125.5m	$141.0m	$155.1m	$176.5m	$179.0m	$190.2m	$200.0m
CIT Revenues (PPP)	$101.1m	$117.2m	$93.4m	$87.8m	$80.6m	$69.1m	$109.4m	$139.5m	$145.5m	$178.2m	$133.9m	$167.1m	$157.0m	$197.0m	$230.5m	$231.7m
Withholding Tax Revenues (PPP)	$8.4m	$10.7m	$10.1m	$8.6m	$8.5m	$10.8m	$10.7m	$15.9m	$12.2m	$13.3m	$13.6m	$17.0m	$15.5m	$11.4m	$14.3m	$18.8m
Presumptive Tax Revenues (PPP)					$872.8k	$1.2m	$1.3m	$1.6m	$1.6m	$1.6m	$1.4m	$2.3m	$2.9m	$3.5m	$4.2m	$3.6m
Other Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)	$1.3m	$824.8k	$642.4k	$12.3m	$21.7m	$22.0m	$24.5m	$28.1m	$31.7m	$9.6m	$26.6m	$22.6m	$20.8m	$52.4m		$77.4m
VAT On Import Revenues (PPP)				$77.7m	$102.4m	$102.1m	$121.6m	$114.2m	$121.9m	$129.0m	$120.0m	$124.2m	$172.9m	$184.3m	$184.3m	$175.9m
Import Duty Revenues (PPP)	$51.5m	$61.6m	$52.9m	$54.1m	$48.6m	$40.6m	$46.7m	$36.8m	$40.2m	$40.9m	$31.6m	$27.0m	$38.9m	$36.4m	$43.0m	$36.1m
Excises on Imports Revenues (PPP)	$48.6m	$58.6m	$53.8m	$50.8m	$80.7m	$83.3m	$109.1m	$125.3m	$119.2m	$177.2m	$115.4m	$114.1m	$157.0m	$150.6m	$159.7m	$141.2m
Other Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)	$54.2m	$60.1m	$56.6m	$2.8m	$2.1k

Values are rounded for display; the CSV has them exactly as published. Revenue and GDP are US dollars at purchasing-power parity.

Data-quality checks

What the automatic checks found

These are rule-based checks, run on every pull. A flag says the numbers deserve a second look, not that they are wrong; the methods page explains each rule.

Year	Check	Detail
2019	Domestic heads do not add up	The six domestic tax heads sum to 76% of reported domestic tax revenue.

Source: ATAF Databank, the African Tax Administration Forum; World Bank World Development Indicators. Tax and GDP are in US dollars at purchasing-power parity, so their ratio equals the ratio in local currency. Cite as: Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Seychelles. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/SYC Every figure and its method: taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/methods

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Seychelles, in Edition 1

Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Seychelles. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/SYC

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