Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Seychelles

Imports (% of GDP) in the Seychelles in 2025 — 92.67%. Ranked 10 in the world out of 138. Since 1976, the indicator has risen by 13.18 pp.

2025 92.67% −2.63 pp vs 2024
World rank 10of 138
Period maximum 119.13%2012
Period minimum 39.83%1994

Trend over time

1976–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Seychelles, 1976–2025050100150197619811986199119962001200620112016202120251976: 79.49%1977: 70.91%1978: 67.59%1979: 66.36%1980: 63.01%1981: 56.59%1982: 62.19%1983: 56.24%1984: 54.45%1985: 54.97%1986: 47.73%1987: 42.68%1988: 52.69%1989: 50.8%1990: 47.48%1991: 43.21%1992: 41.5%1993: 47.26%1994: 39.83%1995: 43.08%1996: 70.74%1997: 56.84%1998: 59.17%1999: 65.43%2000: 76.98%2001: 97.37%2002: 80.25%2003: 81.32%2004: 76.66%2005: 93.99%2006: 94.49%2007: 88.08%2008: 110.71%2009: 116.55%2010: 106.8%2011: 112.11%2012: 119.13%2013: 101.81%2014: 114.17%2015: 97.39%2016: 95.52%2017: 103.53%2018: 98.66%2019: 91.05%2020: 86.94%2021: 103.51%2022: 100.63%2023: 98.34%2024: 95.3%2025: 92.67%
Change over the period: +13.18 pp Annual average: 0.27 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Seychelles

Seychelles 92.67%
World 28.5%
Eastern Africa computed 28.92%
Imports (% of GDP) — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 92.67 −2.63 pp
2024 95.3 −3.04 pp
2023 98.34 −2.29 pp
2022 100.63 −2.88 pp
2021 103.51 +16.57 pp
2020 86.94 −4.11 pp
2019 91.05 −7.61 pp
2018 98.66 −4.87 pp
2017 103.53 +8.02 pp
2016 95.52 −1.87 pp
2015 97.39 −16.78 pp
2014 114.17 +12.36 pp
2013 101.81 −17.32 pp
2012 119.13 +7.02 pp
2011 112.11 +5.32 pp
2010 106.8 −9.75 pp
2009 116.55 +5.84 pp
2008 110.71 +22.62 pp
2007 88.08 −6.4 pp
2006 94.49 +0.49 pp
2005 93.99 +17.33 pp
2004 76.66 −4.66 pp
2003 81.32 +1.07 pp
2002 80.25 −17.12 pp
2001 97.37 +20.39 pp
2000 76.98 +11.55 pp
1999 65.43 +6.26 pp
1998 59.17 +2.34 pp
1997 56.84 −13.91 pp
1996 70.74 +27.67 pp
1995 43.08 +3.24 pp
1994 39.83 −7.43 pp
1993 47.26 +5.76 pp
1992 41.5 −1.71 pp
1991 43.21 −4.27 pp
1990 47.48 −3.32 pp
1989 50.8 −1.89 pp
1988 52.69 +10.01 pp
1987 42.68 −5.05 pp
1986 47.73 −7.24 pp
1985 54.97 +0.53 pp
1984 54.45 −1.79 pp
1983 56.24 −5.96 pp
1982 62.19 +5.6 pp
1981 56.59 −6.41 pp
1980 63.01 −3.35 pp
1979 66.36 −1.24 pp
1978 67.59 −3.32 pp
1977 70.91 −8.58 pp
1976 79.49

About the indicator

Imports of goods and services as a percent of GDP — a measure of how far an economy depends on supplies from abroad. High values are typical both of small open economies and of countries embedded in global supply chains, where imported components are processed and shipped back out.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.