Economy · Imports of goods and services · Seychelles
Seychelles’ imports of goods and services fell to 92.7% of GDP in 2025.
92.7% of GDP
2025
Down 2.6 pp from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
In plain words
92.7% of GDP
What it is. Imports of goods and services add up what residents, firms and the government buy from abroad, from fuel and food to travel, freight and other services, and express the total against the size of the economy. It is a gross figure, so exports are not netted off. Goods that are imported and then re-exported or sold on to visitors still count in full.
Neither way is good in itself. A higher share can mean an economy that is open and buys what it needs from abroad. A lower share can mean more local supply or weaker spending, so the direction of the figure carries no verdict on its own. In 2025 the figure was 92.7% of GDP, down from 95.3% of GDP in 2024, a fall of 2.6 percentage points. Since 2016 the range runs from a low of 86.9% of GDP in 2020 to a high of 103.5% of GDP in 2017. The latest reading sits a little below the middle of that range.
Why it matters. At 92.7% of GDP, Seychelles spends close to the equivalent of its whole annual output on foreign goods and services. Households face shop prices that follow shipping costs and the exchange rate, since so much food and fuel arrives by sea. Hotels and other firms rely on imported supplies, and the state needs steady foreign currency earnings to pay for them.
| Period | Imports of goods and services · Seychelles |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 95.5% of GDP |
| 2017 | 103.5% of GDP |
| 2018 | 98.7% of GDP |
| 2019 | 91.1% of GDP |
| 2020 | 86.9% of GDP |
| 2021 | 103.5% of GDP |
| 2022 | 100.6% of GDP |
| 2023 | 98.3% of GDP |
| 2024 | 95.3% of GDP |
| 2025 | 92.7% of GDP |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Imports of goods and services, Seychelles, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/imports/seychelles
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Imports of goods and services as a share of GDP. Unit: % of GDP.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.