Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Seychelles
Seychelles: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 27.24 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Seychelles, 2005–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 27.24 for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in 2023.
That represents a change of up 8.1% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Seychelles peaked at 32.96 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 22.53, in 2008.
That places Seychelles 53rd out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 27.3 | — |
| 2006 | 25.15 | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 23.64 | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 22.53 | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 25.37 | +12.6% |
| 2010 | 27.92 | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 32.96 | +18.0% |
| 2012 | 30.41 | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 28.07 | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 29.12 | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 28.46 | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 28.83 | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 29.18 | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 28.9 | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 28.31 | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 26.15 | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 26.71 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 25.2 | -5.7% |
| 2023 | 27.24 | +8.1% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 27.24 is below the median for high income countries, which is 29.81, 91% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 27.24 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.54, 2.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.8 | 22.53 | 27.3 | 5 |
| 2010s | 29.22 | 27.92 | 32.96 | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.32 | 25.2 | 27.24 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More poverty & inequality data for Seychelles
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.13 live births per woman (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 27.2% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 8.08 % change on previous year (2023)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 43.6% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1045 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Seychelles?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Seychelles was 27.24 in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 32.96 in 2011.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.53 in 2008.
- How does Seychelles rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- Seychelles ranks 53rd out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Tax revenues vs income inequality with 52 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
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About this data
Tax revenues vs income inequality with 52 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.