Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Seychelles
Seychelles: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within was 10.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Seychelles, 1970–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise imports.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 10.5% for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in 2023.
The figure is up 36.8% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Seychelles peaked at 36.2% in 1974 and was at its lowest, 4.6%, in 2020.
That places Seychelles 115th out of 203 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 17.0% | — |
| 1971 | 21.3% | +24.8% |
| 1972 | 20.0% | -6.0% |
| 1973 | 26.1% | +30.6% |
| 1974 | 36.2% | +38.5% |
| 1975 | 33.4% | -7.6% |
| 1976 | 28.7% | -14.3% |
| 1977 | 24.2% | -15.6% |
| 1978 | 23.8% | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 23.1% | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 15.7% | -32.3% |
| 1981 | 17.3% | +10.4% |
| 1982 | 16.0% | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 16.0% | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 14.6% | -8.7% |
| 1985 | 16.2% | +10.9% |
| 1986 | 16.9% | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 18.9% | +12.0% |
| 1988 | 13.2% | -30.3% |
| 1989 | 15.6% | +18.5% |
| 1990 | 18.1% | +15.7% |
| 1991 | 16.9% | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 18.1% | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 16.7% | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 18.2% | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 20.0% | +9.6% |
| 1996 | 13.4% | -33.0% |
| 1997 | 17.9% | +33.7% |
| 1998 | 16.3% | -8.9% |
| 1999 | 14.2% | -12.8% |
| 2000 | 15.2% | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 9.7% | -36.4% |
| 2002 | 17.0% | +75.6% |
| 2003 | 16.0% | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 15.1% | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 10.4% | -31.1% |
| 2006 | 10.6% | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 10.3% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 12.2% | +18.0% |
| 2009 | 16.9% | +38.2% |
| 2010 | 9.8% | -42.0% |
| 2011 | 7.3% | -25.6% |
| 2012 | 10.1% | +38.2% |
| 2013 | 11.0% | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 9.5% | -13.7% |
| 2015 | 15.5% | +63.5% |
| 2016 | 12.9% | -17.0% |
| 2017 | 9.1% | -29.2% |
| 2018 | 7.3% | -20.1% |
| 2019 | 8.9% | +22.0% |
| 2020 | 4.6% | -48.5% |
| 2021 | 21.2% | +363.6% |
| 2022 | 7.7% | -63.7% |
| 2023 | 10.5% | +36.8% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 10.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 4.5%, 2.4× the median. (71 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 10.5% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15.0%, 70% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Seychelles changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +363.6% | 4.6% | 21.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 25.4% | 17.0% | 36.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.0% | 13.2% | 18.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.0% | 13.4% | 20.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.3% | 9.7% | 17.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.1% | 7.3% | 15.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.0% | 4.6% | 21.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 112 Antigua and Barbuda 11.0% compare
- 113 Brazil 10.9% compare
- 114 Trinidad and Tobago 10.8% compare
- 116 Aruba 10.4% compare
- 117 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.2% compare
- 118 New Caledonia 10.1% compare
More private sector data for Seychelles
- Merchandise trade 86.7% (2025)
- Food imports 26.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 51.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.52 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 85.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 0.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 550.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,481 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2304 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -1.26 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Seychelles?
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Seychelles was 10.5% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 36.2% in 1974.
- What is the lowest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.6% in 2020.
- How does Seychelles rank for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within?
- Seychelles ranks 115th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.