Paying taxes: Payments in Seychelles

Seychelles: Paying taxes: Payments was 29 number per year in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
29 number per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
70th
of 190 countries
All-time high
29 number per year
in 2012
All-time low
23 number per year
in 2011
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Payments in Seychelles, 2005–2019

01020302005201220192005: 27 number per year2006: 27 number per year2007: 27 number per year2008: 27 number per year2009: 28 number per year2010: 28 number per year2011: 23 number per year2012: 29 number per year2013: 29 number per year2014: 29 number per year2015: 29 number per year2016: 29 number per year2017: 29 number per year2018: 29 number per year2019: 29 number per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in number per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: payments in Seychelles stood at 29 number per year. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is up 3.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments in Seychelles peaked at 29 number per year in 2012 and was at its lowest, 23 number per year, in 2011.

Seychelles ranks 70th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Paying taxes: Payments in Seychelles, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments (number per year) in Seychelles, 2005 to 2019.
Year number per year Change
2005 27 number per year —
2006 27 number per year +0.0%
2007 27 number per year +0.0%
2008 27 number per year +0.0%
2009 28 number per year +3.7%
2010 28 number per year +0.0%
2011 23 number per year -17.9%
2012 29 number per year +26.1%
2013 29 number per year +0.0%
2014 29 number per year +0.0%
2015 29 number per year +0.0%
2016 29 number per year +0.0%
2017 29 number per year +0.0%
2018 29 number per year +0.0%
2019 29 number per year +0.0%

Seychelles compared with similar countries

  • Seychelles's 29 number per year is above the median for high income countries, which is 10 number per year, 2.9× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Seychelles's 29 number per year is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35 number per year, 83% of the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 27.2 number per year 27 number per year 28 number per year 5
2010s 28.3 number per year 23 number per year 29 number per year 10

Countries ranked near Seychelles

  1. 70 Belize 29 number per year compare
  2. 70 Ethiopia 29 number per year compare
  3. 73 Barbados 28 number per year compare
  4. 73 Palestine 28 number per year compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

More reference data data for Seychelles

All data for Seychelles →

Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments in Seychelles?
Paying taxes: payments in Seychelles was 29 number per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments recorded in Seychelles?
The highest recorded value was 29 number per year in 2012.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments recorded in Seychelles?
The lowest recorded value was 23 number per year in 2011.
How does Seychelles rank for paying taxes: payments?
Seychelles ranks 70th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments rising or falling in Seychelles?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Seychelles data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Payments (number per year). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 15 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Paying taxes: Payments in Seychelles. Statizoid. Retrieved 25 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/paying-taxes-payments-number-per-year/seychelles/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/paying-taxes-payments-number-per-year/seychelles/">Paying taxes: Payments in Seychelles</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Paying taxes: Payments (number per year)
Unit
number per year
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,789 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

The tax payments capture the total number of taxes and contributions paid, the method of payment, the frequency of payment, and the frequency of ?ling. It includes taxes withheld by the company, such as sales tax, VAT and employee-borne labor taxes.