Low & middle income vs Seychelles: Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) over time
- Low & middle income
- Seychelles
How they compare
Seychelles currently reports 86.7% against 41.5% in Low & middle income, a difference of 45.2%.
That makes Seychelles's figure about 2.1 times Low & middle income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Seychelles has been ahead every year.
Low & middle income ranks 36th and Seychelles ranks 39th of 47 groups.
Seychelles has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low & middle income | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.5% | 34.5% | 16.0% | Seychelles |
| 1970s | 23.4% | 81.5% | 58.1% | Seychelles |
| 1980s | 28.7% | 65.8% | 37.1% | Seychelles |
| 1990s | 33.7% | 66.7% | 33.0% | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 47.2% | 107.0% | 59.8% | Seychelles |
| 2010s | 42.1% | 117.3% | 75.2% | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 40.9% | 95.8% | 54.9% | Seychelles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise trade, Low & middle income or Seychelles?
- Seychelles, at 86.7% against 41.5% in Low & middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in merchandise trade between Low & middle income and Seychelles?
- 45.2%, with Seychelles ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low & middle income and Seychelles?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Low & middle income and Seychelles rank globally for merchandise trade?
- Low & middle income ranks 36th and Seychelles ranks 39th of 47 groups.
- 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.