Economy · Headline inflation · Seychelles
Seychelles’ headline inflation rose to 0.93% y/y in Aug 2026.
0.93% y/y
Aug 2026
Up 0.15 pp from Jul 2026.
Updated 14 Oct 2026
In plain words
0.93% y/y
What it is. Headline inflation compares the cost of a fixed basket of goods and services bought by households with its cost in the same month a year earlier. The consumer price index covers all items in that basket and produces one average rate for the whole country. A household whose spending differs from the typical basket will face a different rate in practice. The measure records the pace of price changes and leaves out the level of prices.
Lower is better. Slower price rises protect the buying power of wages and savings, and they make it easier for firms and households to plan ahead. Seychelles recorded 0.93% y/y in Aug 2026, up from 0.55% y/y a year earlier, a rise of 0.38 percentage points. Since Sep 2024 the figure has ranged from a low of −0.21% y/y in Dec 2025 to a high of 1.7% y/y in Dec 2024. The latest reading sits just above the middle of that range, and its direction over the last year has been upward.
Why it matters. At 0.93% y/y, the prices of everyday purchases in Seychelles are rising slowly, and wages and pensions lose little ground. Firms face modest increases in input costs and can set prices with some confidence. For the state, slow price growth keeps the cost of indexed spending and public sector pay settlements contained.
| Period | Headline inflation · Seychelles |
|---|---|
| Sep 2024 | 0.61% y/y |
| Oct 2024 | 0.55% y/y |
| Nov 2024 | 1.3% y/y |
| Dec 2024 | 1.7% y/y |
| Jan 2025 | 0.96% y/y |
| Feb 2025 | −0.09% y/y |
| Mar 2025 | −0.04% y/y |
| Apr 2025 | 0.08% y/y |
| May 2025 | 0.4% y/y |
| Jun 2025 | 0.48% y/y |
| Jul 2025 | 0.63% y/y |
| Aug 2025 | 0.55% y/y |
| Sep 2025 | 0.51% y/y |
| Oct 2025 | 0.31% y/y |
| Nov 2025 | 0.02% y/y |
| Dec 2025 | −0.21% y/y |
| Jan 2026 | 0.1% y/y |
| Feb 2026 | 0.3% y/y |
| Mar 2026 | 0.24% y/y |
| Apr 2026 | −0.01% y/y |
| May 2026 | 0.28% y/y |
| Jun 2026 | 0.43% y/y |
| Jul 2026 | 0.78% y/y |
| Aug 2026 | 0.93% y/y |
Source: International Monetary Fund, Consumer Price Index (CPI) · Licence: IMF Terms of Use
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Strata-AF™ Data, Headline inflation, Seychelles, Aug 2026; source International Monetary Fund, Consumer Price Index (CPI), retrieved 14 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/inflation/seychelles
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Consumer price index, all items, change on the same month a year earlier. Unit: % y/y.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Consumer Price Index (CPI) dataset, used under the IMF Terms of Use. Published monthly; the IMF's own source notes apply.