Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Seychelles

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in the Seychelles in 2025 — 86.72%. Ranked 37 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 53.42 pp.

2025 86.72% −3.16 pp vs 2024
World rank 37of 189
Period maximum 154.86%2008
Period minimum 19.49%1964

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Seychelles, 1960–202505010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 33.3%1962: 23.73%1964: 19.49%1966: 36.49%1968: 55.99%1970: 65.1%1972: 78.32%1974: 81.14%1976: 97.4%1978: 85.33%1980: 76.54%1982: 71.88%1984: 70.81%1986: 56.07%1988: 63.25%1990: 61.71%1992: 52.01%1994: 49.66%1996: 96.96%1998: 78.17%2000: 81.93%2002: 87.32%2004: 88.24%2006: 105.14%2008: 154.86%2010: 140.99%2012: 143.93%2014: 121.36%2016: 95.63%2018: 103.12%2020: 103.87%2022: 95.06%2024: 89.88%2025: 86.72%
Change over the period: +53.42 pp Annual average: 0.82 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Seychelles 86.72%
World 43.89%
Eastern Africa computed 37.9%
High-income countries computed 44.15%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 86.72 −3.16 pp
2024 89.88 −1.86 pp
2023 91.73 −3.32 pp
2022 95.06 −12.33 pp
2021 107.38 +3.52 pp
2020 103.87 +13.7 pp
2019 90.17 −12.95 pp
2018 103.12 −7.24 pp
2017 110.36 +14.73 pp
2016 95.63 −2.52 pp
2015 98.16 −23.21 pp
2014 121.36 −3.15 pp
2013 124.52 −19.42 pp
2012 143.93 −0.74 pp
2011 144.68 +3.68 pp
2010 140.99 +1.26 pp
2009 139.73 −15.13 pp
2008 154.86 +41.71 pp
2007 113.15 +8.01 pp
2006 105.14 +1.34 pp
2005 103.79 +15.55 pp
2004 88.24 −3.12 pp
2003 91.36 +4.05 pp
2002 87.32 −17.21 pp
2001 104.52 +22.59 pp
2000 81.93 −5.42 pp
1999 87.35 +9.18 pp
1998 78.17 +2.54 pp
1997 75.63 −21.33 pp
1996 96.96 +44.26 pp
1995 52.71 +3.05 pp
1994 49.66 −7.66 pp
1993 57.32 +5.3 pp
1992 52.01 −3.47 pp
1991 55.48 −6.22 pp
1990 61.71 +0.35 pp
1989 61.36 −1.89 pp
1988 63.25 +12.35 pp
1987 50.9 −5.17 pp
1986 56.07 −14.61 pp
1985 70.68 −0.13 pp
1984 70.81 +1.62 pp
1983 69.19 −2.69 pp
1982 71.88 +4.7 pp
1981 67.18 −9.36 pp
1980 76.54 −7.54 pp
1979 84.08 −1.25 pp
1978 85.33 −3.01 pp
1977 88.34 −9.07 pp
1976 97.4 +17.91 pp
1975 79.49 −1.65 pp
1974 81.14 +2.54 pp
1973 78.6 +0.28 pp
1972 78.32 +0.92 pp
1971 77.39 +12.29 pp
1970 65.1 +4.32 pp
1969 60.78 +4.79 pp
1968 55.99 +13.9 pp
1967 42.09 +5.6 pp
1966 36.49 +10.85 pp
1965 25.64 +6.15 pp
1964 19.49 −2.06 pp
1963 21.55 −2.18 pp
1962 23.73 −2.15 pp
1961 25.88 −7.42 pp
1960 33.3

About the indicator

The sum of exports and imports of goods as a percent of GDP. It differs from trade openness in that services are not counted here, and the difference between the two indicators is exactly what shows the weight of services in a country's foreign trade. The highest values come not from large exporters but from transshipment economies — Singapore, Hong Kong, Luxembourg — where goods are brought in to be sent out again, and both flows are counted in full.

Important: Goods only. The value can exceed 100% of GDP: exports and imports are counted at the full value of the goods while GDP is counted as value added, so in transshipment economies the values run to several hundred percent.

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