Seychelles's merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) was 35.93% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 11.94 percentage points from 23.99% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 35.93% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 27.55% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 23.99% | 2013 |
| Highest | 58.83% | 2000 |
| Lowest | 0.03% | 1989 |
| Average since 2014 | 28.94% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 3.13% | 1977 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Seychelles' merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) rose 10.33 percentage points on 2022 (from 25.6% to 35.93%).
Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2022), the average change was −1.49 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 20.06 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 49.68 percentage points in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 58.73 percentage points in 2001. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Seychelles had the 10th highest value of the 194 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Seychelles | 35.93% | 2023 |
| World | 4.46% | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.14% | 2023 |
| High income | 3.81% | 2023 |
Closest to Seychelles in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise exports by the reporting economy to economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 35 values
| Year | Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 35.93 |
| 2022 | 25.6 |
| 2021 | 21.03 |
| 2020 | 24.79 |
| 2019 | 43.03 |
| 2018 | 27.55 |
| 2017 | 19.53 |
| 2016 | 26.86 |
| 2015 | 30.32 |
| 2014 | 34.8 |
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) in nearby economies
- Angola — 3.1% (2023)
- Benin — 7.86% (2023)
- Botswana — 30.43% (2023)
- Burkina Faso — 8.68% (2023)
- Burundi — 26.41% (2023)
- Cabo Verde — 4.12% (2023)
- Cameroon — 0.81% (2023)
- Central African Republic
More private sector & trade data for Seychelles
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 86.72% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$1.52 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$550 million (2025)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 71.04% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 18.43% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) — 7.33% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) — 10.53% (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Seychelles's merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)?
- 35.93% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1977?
- It is up 32.8 percentage points from 3.13% in 1977. The highest value was 58.83% in 2000 and the lowest 0.03% in 1989.
- How does Seychelles rank?
- 10th highest of 194 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) unusual for Seychelles?
- In 2023, Seychelles' merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) rose 10.33 percentage points on 2022 (from 25.6% to 35.93%). Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2022), the average change was −1.49 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 20.06 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.MRCH.AL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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