Seychelles vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP

Seychelles
0.6368 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.2262 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Seychelles rank
21st
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
23rd

Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Seychelles
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.20.40.60.811.2196019922025

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 0.6368 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2262 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.4106 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Seychelles's figure about 2.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Seychelles ahead.

Seychelles ranks 21st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 203 countries.

Seychelles has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Seychelles Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 0.2242 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1471 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0771 current US$ per US$ of GDP Seychelles
1970s 0.6757 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1744 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.5013 current US$ per US$ of GDP Seychelles
1980s 0.5425 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1692 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3733 current US$ per US$ of GDP Seychelles
1990s 0.5147 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1619 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3528 current US$ per US$ of GDP Seychelles
2000s 0.7143 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2089 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.5054 current US$ per US$ of GDP Seychelles
2010s 0.8081 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2207 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.5875 current US$ per US$ of GDP Seychelles
2020s 0.6873 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2088 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4785 current US$ per US$ of GDP Seychelles

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise imports (current us$), per unit of gdp, Seychelles or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Seychelles, at 0.6368 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2262 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in merchandise imports (current us$), per unit of gdp between Seychelles and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.4106 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Seychelles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Seychelles and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Seychelles and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for merchandise imports (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Seychelles ranks 21st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
250 places, 13,931 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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