Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) in Seychelles
Seychelles: Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) was 3.2% in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Seychelles, 2000–2022
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Seychelles is 3.2%, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is down 10.2% on the previous year and down 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Seychelles peaked at 32.6% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3.2%, in 2022.
That places Seychelles 139th out of 184 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 26.9% | — |
| 2001 | 32.5% | +20.8% |
| 2005 | 32.6% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 32.6% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 30.1% | -7.7% |
| 2015 | 4.7% | -84.5% |
| 2016 | 5.9% | +27.7% |
| 2017 | 5.3% | -10.3% |
| 2018 | 6.6% | +23.6% |
| 2019 | 22.7% | +244.2% |
| 2020 | 3.9% | -82.9% |
| 2021 | 3.5% | -8.8% |
| 2022 | 3.2% | -10.2% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 3.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is 2.7%, 1.2× the median. (64 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 3.2% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 11.2%, 28% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +244.2% | 6.6% | 22.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.9% | 26.9% | 32.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 9.0% | 4.7% | 22.7% | 5 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 3.2% | 3.9% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
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)
- Commercial service imports 1.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 85.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 0.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 550.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,481 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Seychelles?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products in Seychelles was 3.2% in 2022, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 32.6% in 2005.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.2% in 2022.
- How does Seychelles rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products?
- Seychelles ranks 139th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, published as part of Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Weighted mean most favored nations tariff is the average of most favored nation rates weighted by the product import shares corresponding to each partner country. Data are classified using the Harmonized System of trade at the six- or eight-digit level. Tariff line data were matched to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3 codes to define commodity groups and import weights. Import weights were calculated using the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database.