Eswatini vs Seychelles: Merchandise trade
Merchandise trade over time
- Eswatini
- Seychelles
How they compare
Seychelles currently reports 86.7% against 86.4% in Eswatini, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Eswatini ahead.
Eswatini ranks 40th and Seychelles ranks 39th of 204 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 5 and Seychelles in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 107.9% | 34.5% | 73.4% | Eswatini |
| 1970s | 123.2% | 81.5% | 41.7% | Eswatini |
| 1980s | 153.2% | 65.8% | 87.4% | Eswatini |
| 1990s | 118.3% | 66.7% | 51.6% | Eswatini |
| 2000s | 121.8% | 107.0% | 14.8% | Eswatini |
| 2010s | 81.9% | 117.3% | 35.4% | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 86.9% | 95.8% | 8.9% | Seychelles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise trade, Eswatini or Seychelles?
- Seychelles, at 86.7% against 86.4% in Eswatini as of 2025.
- What is the difference in merchandise trade between Eswatini and Seychelles?
- 0.3%, with Seychelles ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Seychelles?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Eswatini and Seychelles rank globally for merchandise trade?
- Eswatini ranks 40th and Seychelles ranks 39th of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Trade Organization (WTO), published as Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.