Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Seychelles

Trade balance in the Seychelles in 2025 — -311,501,389 US$. Ranked 66 in the world out of 138. Since 1976, the indicator has fallen by 921.3%.

2025 -312M US$ +5.03% vs 2024
World rank 66of 138
Period maximum 46.65M US$2003
Period minimum -346M US$2021

Trend over time

1976–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Seychelles, 1976–2025-400M-300M-200M-100M0100M197619811986199119962001200620112016202120251976: -30,500,009 US$1977: -34,668,549 US$1978: -42,664,424 US$1979: -62,557,697 US$1980: -76,623,541 US$1981: -74,812,366 US$1982: -81,786,238 US$1983: -66,533,729 US$1984: -60,717,252 US$1985: -69,452,186 US$1986: -86,273,479 US$1987: -89,982,886 US$1988: -125,775,286 US$1989: -128,840,966 US$1990: -127,016,287 US$1991: -120,966,278 US$1992: -141,252,270 US$1993: -184,730,195 US$1994: -153,186,756 US$1995: -177,157,353 US$1996: -232,469,446 US$1997: -221,777,567 US$1998: -254,863,172 US$1999: -281,686,270 US$2000: -17,385,751 US$2001: -98,365,424 US$2002: -26,503,782 US$2003: 46,646,621 US$2004: -33,733,782 US$2005: -165,134,600 US$2006: -123,336,846 US$2007: -13,369,512 US$2008: -123,156,432 US$2009: -94,960,690 US$2010: -151,451,558 US$2011: -149,877,967 US$2012: -175,218,189 US$2013: -94,809,967 US$2014: -208,039,149 US$2015: -104,647,893 US$2016: -159,449,947 US$2017: -161,222,456 US$2018: -207,314,589 US$2019: -162,488,390 US$2020: -281,901,646 US$2021: -345,664,877 US$2022: -193,430,845 US$2023: -278,605,990 US$2024: -327,989,098 US$2025: -311,501,389 US$
Change over the period: −281M (−921.32%)

Comparison, 2025

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

Seychelles -312M US$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -29.17B US$
Eastern Africa computed -43.36B US$
Trade balance — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 -312M +16.49M +5.03%
2024 -328M −49.38M −17.73%
2023 -279M −85.18M −44.03%
2022 -193M +152M +44.04%
2021 -346M −63.76M −22.62%
2020 -282M −119M −73.49%
2019 -162M +44.83M +21.62%
2018 -207M −46.09M −28.59%
2017 -161M −1.77M −1.11%
2016 -159M −54.8M −52.37%
2015 -105M +103M +49.7%
2014 -208M −113M −119.43%
2013 -94.81M +80.41M +45.89%
2012 -175M −25.34M −16.91%
2011 -150M +1.57M +1.04%
2010 -151M −56.49M −59.49%
2009 -94.96M +28.2M +22.89%
2008 -123M −110M −821.17%
2007 -13.37M +110M +89.16%
2006 -123M +41.8M +25.31%
2005 -165M −131M −389.52%
2004 -33.73M −80.38M −172.32%
2003 46.65M +73.15M +276%
2002 -26.5M +71.86M +73.06%
2001 -98.37M −80.98M −465.78%
2000 -17.39M +264M +93.83%
1999 -282M −26.82M −10.52%
1998 -255M −33.09M −14.92%
1997 -222M +10.69M +4.6%
1996 -232M −55.31M −31.22%
1995 -177M −23.97M −15.65%
1994 -153M +31.54M +17.08%
1993 -185M −43.48M −30.78%
1992 -141M −20.29M −16.77%
1991 -121M +6.05M +4.76%
1990 -127M +1.82M +1.42%
1989 -129M −3.07M −2.44%
1988 -126M −35.79M −39.78%
1987 -89.98M −3.71M −4.3%
1986 -86.27M −16.82M −24.22%
1985 -69.45M −8.73M −14.39%
1984 -60.72M +5.82M +8.74%
1983 -66.53M +15.25M +18.65%
1982 -81.79M −6.97M −9.32%
1981 -74.81M +1.81M +2.36%
1980 -76.62M −14.07M −22.48%
1979 -62.56M −19.89M −46.63%
1978 -42.66M −8M −23.06%
1977 -34.67M −4.17M −13.67%
1976 -30.5M

About the indicator

The balance of foreign trade in goods and services: exports minus imports. This is the largest part of the current account but not the whole of it — investment income and remittances do not enter the trade balance, and for countries with large transfers the two indicators move in opposite directions. A surplus is not in itself a sign of a healthy economy: a country importing equipment for construction will run a deficit precisely because it is investing in growth.

Important: Goods and services together. For countries with large service exports — tourism, transport, software — the merchandise balance can be negative while the overall balance is positive.

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