New World Bank Group report finds: |31 March 2026

The fisheries sector employs a large share of the workforce and generates foreign exchange earnings (Photo: Seychelles NATION archives)

Smart, resilient investments key

to jobs and growth in Seychelles

Seychelles has built one of Africa’s strongest economic success stories, and a new report outlines how decisive, resilient, and smart investments and reforms, particularly in tourism, fisheries, energy, infrastructure, and skill building can sustain these gains, unlock new growth engines, create thousands of new quality jobs, and safeguard livelihoods across the economy.

Analysis in the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR), released last week by the government of Seychelles and the World Bank Group, finds that without action, economic pressures linked to rising environmental and climate-related risks could reduce Seychelles’ gross domestic product (GDP) by more than 6% by 2050, with disproportionate impacts on jobs, incomes, and poverty.

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