Seychelles vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$), per capita

Seychelles
12,229 current US$ per person
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
370.53 current US$ per person
in 2023
Seychelles rank
37th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
36th

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$), per capita over time

  • Seychelles
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
020.0k40.0k60.0k196019912023

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 12,229 current US$ per person against 370.53 current US$ per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 11,858 current US$ per person.

That makes Seychelles's figure about 33.0 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 54 years both countries report, Seychelles has been ahead every year.

Seychelles ranks 37th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 36th of 206 countries.

Seychelles has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Seychelles Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 548.34 current US$ per person 44.36 current US$ per person 503.99 current US$ per person Seychelles
1980s 1,518 current US$ per person 60.69 current US$ per person 1,457 current US$ per person Seychelles
1990s 3,606 current US$ per person 79.47 current US$ per person 3,526 current US$ per person Seychelles
2000s 16,596 current US$ per person 216.25 current US$ per person 16,380 current US$ per person Seychelles
2010s 26,136 current US$ per person 371.39 current US$ per person 25,765 current US$ per person Seychelles
2020s 16,329 current US$ per person 336.85 current US$ per person 15,992 current US$ per person Seychelles

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current us$), per capita, Seychelles or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Seychelles, at 12,229 current US$ per person against 370.53 current US$ per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current us$), per capita between Seychelles and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
11,858 current US$ per person, with Seychelles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Seychelles and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Seychelles and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current us$), per capita?
Seychelles ranks 37th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 36th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$), per capita
Unit
current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
253 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.