Tariff rate across all products in Seychelles
Seychelles: Tariff rate across all products was 1.3% in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Tariff rate across all products in Seychelles, 2000–2022
Source: World Bank (WITS), UNCTAD (TRAINS), and World Trade Organization (WTO) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tariff rate across all products in Seychelles is 1.3%, measured in 2022.
The figure is up 18.7% on the previous year and down 55.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate across all products in Seychelles peaked at 32.6% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2021.
That places Seychelles 169th out of 184 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tariff rate across all products in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 26.9% | — |
| 2001 | 32.5% | +20.8% |
| 2005 | 32.6% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 32.6% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 30.1% | -7.7% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | -90.6% |
| 2016 | 4.3% | +53.2% |
| 2017 | 3.7% | -14.4% |
| 2018 | 2.1% | -43.5% |
| 2019 | 20.3% | +870.3% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | -92.8% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | -27.2% |
| 2022 | 1.3% | +18.7% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 1.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.3%, 95% of the median. (64 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 1.3% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8.8%, 14% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tariff rate across all products in Seychelles changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +870.3% | 2.1% | 20.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.9% | 26.9% | 32.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 6.6% | 2.1% | 20.3% | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 167 Costa Rica 1.3% compare
- 167 Switzerland 1.3% compare
- 170 Mauritius 1.2% compare
- 171 Moldova 1.2% compare
- 172 Vietnam 1.1% compare
More reference data data for Seychelles
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0024 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0046 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0075 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0075 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0082 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0082 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0247 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.043 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0348 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 2.17 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate across all products in Seychelles?
- Tariff rate across all products in Seychelles was 1.3% in 2022, according to World Bank (WITS), UNCTAD (TRAINS), and World Trade Organization (WTO) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tariff rate across all products recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 32.6% in 2005.
- What is the lowest tariff rate across all products recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2021.
- How does Seychelles rank for tariff rate across all products?
- Seychelles ranks 169th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate across all products rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank (WITS), UNCTAD (TRAINS), and World Trade Organization (WTO) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Tariff rate across all products. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Weighted mean applied tariff is the average of effectively applied rates weighted by the product import shares corresponding to each partner country.