Merchandise trade in Seychelles
Seychelles: Merchandise trade was 86.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Merchandise trade in Seychelles, 1960–2025
Source: World Trade Organization (WTO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, merchandise trade in Seychelles stood at 86.7%.
The figure is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise trade in Seychelles peaked at 154.9% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 19.5%, in 1964.
Seychelles ranks 39th of 204 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Merchandise trade in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 33.3% | — |
| 1961 | 25.9% | -22.3% |
| 1962 | 23.7% | -8.3% |
| 1963 | 21.5% | -9.2% |
| 1964 | 19.5% | -9.5% |
| 1965 | 25.6% | +31.5% |
| 1966 | 36.5% | +42.3% |
| 1967 | 42.1% | +15.3% |
| 1968 | 56.0% | +33.0% |
| 1969 | 60.8% | +8.6% |
| 1970 | 65.1% | +7.1% |
| 1971 | 77.4% | +18.9% |
| 1972 | 78.3% | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 78.6% | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 81.1% | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 79.5% | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 97.4% | +22.5% |
| 1977 | 88.3% | -9.3% |
| 1978 | 85.3% | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 84.1% | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 76.5% | -9.0% |
| 1981 | 67.2% | -12.2% |
| 1982 | 71.9% | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 69.2% | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 70.8% | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 70.7% | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 56.1% | -20.7% |
| 1987 | 50.9% | -9.2% |
| 1988 | 63.2% | +24.3% |
| 1989 | 61.4% | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 61.7% | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 55.5% | -10.1% |
| 1992 | 52.0% | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 57.3% | +10.2% |
| 1994 | 49.7% | -13.4% |
| 1995 | 52.7% | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 97.0% | +84.0% |
| 1997 | 75.6% | -22.0% |
| 1998 | 78.2% | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 87.4% | +11.7% |
| 2000 | 81.9% | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 104.5% | +27.6% |
| 2002 | 87.3% | -16.5% |
| 2003 | 91.4% | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 88.2% | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 103.8% | +17.6% |
| 2006 | 105.1% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 113.2% | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 154.9% | +36.9% |
| 2009 | 139.7% | -9.8% |
| 2010 | 141.0% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 144.7% | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 143.9% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 124.5% | -13.5% |
| 2014 | 121.4% | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 98.2% | -19.1% |
| 2016 | 95.6% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 110.4% | +15.4% |
| 2018 | 103.1% | -6.6% |
| 2019 | 90.2% | -12.6% |
| 2020 | 103.9% | +15.2% |
| 2021 | 107.4% | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 95.1% | -11.5% |
| 2023 | 91.7% | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 89.9% | -2.0% |
| 2025 | 86.7% | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34.5% | 19.5% | 60.8% | 10 |
| 1970s | 81.5% | 65.1% | 97.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 65.8% | 50.9% | 76.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 66.7% | 49.7% | 97.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 107.0% | 81.9% | 154.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 117.3% | 90.2% | 144.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.8% | 86.7% | 107.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More private sector data for Seychelles
- 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$), annual growth rate -1.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 12,385 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise trade in Seychelles?
- Merchandise trade in Seychelles was 86.7% in 2025, according to World Trade Organization (WTO).
- What is the highest merchandise trade recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 154.9% in 2008.
- What is the lowest merchandise trade recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.5% in 1964.
- How does Seychelles rank for merchandise trade?
- Seychelles ranks 39th out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is merchandise trade rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from World Trade Organization (WTO), published as part of Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.