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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Seychelles: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Seychelles is placed joint 172nd of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 19.25 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 8.8 (2024).
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Mobility & Trade
joint172nd
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Seychelles on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
19.25
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 145th of 177 by UNCTAD
Seychelles: 19.25. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 83.05 Kenya
8.8
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Seychelles: 8.8. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 2.8 Kenya
No reading
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
World Bank Group publishes no 2023 figure for Seychelles, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 2.8 Rwanda
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
0.03
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
Seychelles: 0.03. Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 1.26 Mauritius
02Over time
Which way Seychelles is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
SeychellesWorld median
Seychelles fell from 24.97 in 2006 to 19.43 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Seychelles World median 2026 19.4 56.21 2025 19.2 60.84 2024 26.3 55.22 2023 24.3 54.78 2022 26.8 51.49 2021 24.7 52.64 2020 24.1 47.86 2019 25.8 51.05 2018 25.4 52.03 2017 21.6 49.87 2016 22.5 48.09 2015 28.5 49.13 2014 28.6 48.08 2013 27.1 51.32 2012 28.3 47.44 2011 26.1 50.26 2010 24.0 50.51 2009 20.5 53.04 2008 19.9 51.68 2007 20.3 55.78 2006 25.0 52.25 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
SeychellesWorld median
Seychelles fell from 0.06 in 2000 to 0.03 in 2024; the world median went from 0.43 to 0.975.
Every year’s figures
Year Seychelles World median 2024 0.03 0.975000 2023 0.04 0.690000 2022 0.12 0.565000 2021 0.14 0.550000 2020 0.06 0.680000 2019 0.03 0.625000 2018 0.12 0.480000 2017 0.05 0.630000 2016 0.09 0.865000 2015 0.21 0.790000 2014 0.06 0.760000 2013 0.11 0.645000 2012 0.14 0.630000 2011 0.23 0.535000 2010 0.30 0.560000 2009 0.84 0.780000 2008 0.06 0.595000 2007 0.03 0.660000 2006 0.00 0.445000 2005 0.05 0.570000 2004 0.04 0.535000 2003 0.05 0.530000 2002 0.74 0.510000 2001 0.01 0.490000 2000 0.06 0.430000
03In context
Seychelles beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Seychelles and Eastern Africa
Seychelles has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kenya | 44th | 83.05 | 2.8 | — | — |
 Mauritius | 78th | 80.68 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.26 |
 Djibouti | 125th | 77.23 | 10.5 | 2.7 | — |
 Mozambique | =126th | 61.9 | 4.4 | — | 0.02 |
 Tanzania | =139th | 69.73 | 8.8 | — | 0.1 |
 Madagascar | 149th | 28.18 | 5.5 | 2.3 | — |
 Somalia | 159th | 39.57 | 7.1 | 2 | — |
 Zimbabwe | 168th | — | — | 2.5 | 0.02 |
 Comoros | =172nd | 15.67 | 9 | — | — |
| Seychelles | =172nd | 19.25 | 8.8 | — | 0.03 |
 Eritrea | 177th | 5.548 | 14.8 | — | — |
 Burundi | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Ethiopia | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Malawi | not placed | — | — | — | 0.14 |
 Rwanda | not placed | — | — | 2.8 | — |
| Somaliland | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 South Sudan | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Uganda | not placed | — | — | — | 0.07 |
 Zambia | not placed | — | — | — | 0.06 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Eastern Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Seychelles in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Seychelles is ahead of the world, and behind
22 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median2
Statistics on which Seychelles does better than the middle country measured.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.22.0521.2▲ Improved since 2015
Seychelles: 2.052 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 40th of 176 · derived.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4230.4825.42No real change since 2014
Seychelles: 30.48 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 70th of 170 · derived.
Behind the world median4
Statistics on which Seychelles does worse than the middle country measured.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.2240.206▲ Improved since 2015
Seychelles: 0.224 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 60th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4740.5857.474▼ Worsened since 2014
Seychelles: 0.585 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 110th of 118 · derived.
FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2024 · world median 0.0790.3970.079▼ Worsened since 2018
Seychelles: 0.397 · world median 0.079 · FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.567; lower is better.
Position 4th of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.49405.494No real change since 2014
Seychelles: 0 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.
Position 75th of 75 · derived.
No better end16
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.60285.779.602Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 85.77 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.27971.45.279Moved since 2013
Seychelles: 71.4 · world median 5.279 · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.333 to 1,724.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.13314.14-0.133Moved since 2013
Seychelles: 14.14 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.68172.2979.68No real change since 2015
Seychelles: 172.29 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 9th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.7292.6741.72Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 92.67 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 10th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.3479.6236.34Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 79.62 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 12th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1791.3767.17Moved since 2014
Seychelles: 91.37 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.4850.306Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 0.485 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.731,276275.73Moved since 2016
Seychelles: 1,276 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.08910.176.089Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 10.17 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.1714.6116.171Moved since 2014
Seychelles: 4.611 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,45122,191444,451No real change since 2015
Seychelles: 22,191 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.2390.38103.23Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 90.38 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,32313,261223,323No real change since 2015
Seychelles: 13,261 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.661.273.66Moved since 2015
Seychelles: 1.27 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2350.041.235Moved since 2014
Seychelles: 0.04 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.
No current reading for Seychelles
Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, Average Time to Clear Exports Through Customs, Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, Container Port Traffic (last 2019), Cost of Sending Remittances, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, Logistics Performance Index and Refugee Population by Country of Asylum. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Mobility & Trade among Seychelles’s 14 topics
Mobility & Trade is Seychelles’s 14th best-placed topic of 14. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Peace & Security4th of 1774/4 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 27th of 1933/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture31st of 1842/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions38th of 1944/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties44th of 1984/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 43rd of 1833/4 keys
- Economy & Innovationjoint 49th of 1762/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital74th of 1963/3 keys
- Poverty & Inequality64th of 1593/3 keys
- Digital & Technology105th of 1984/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing108th of 2002/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge109th of 1983/4 keys
- Energy116th of 1652/3 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 172nd of 1773/4 keys
No standing on Work & Labour, Environment & Sustainability: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Seychelles can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
South Africa39th4/4 keysHighest in Eastern Africa
Kenya44th2/4 keysThis page
Seychelles=172nd3/4 keys
Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Seychelles and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Seychelles on mobility & trade: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Seychelles rank on mobility & trade?
Seychelles is placed joint 172nd of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time and ICT Goods Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Seychelles?
19.25 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Seychelles?
8.8 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How have Seychelles’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index fell from 24.97 in 2006 to 19.43 in 2026; ICT Goods Exports fell from 0.06 in 2000 to 0.03 in 2024.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Seychelles?
No current reading is published for Seychelles on Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, Average Time to Clear Exports Through Customs, Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, Container Port Traffic, Cost of Sending Remittances, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, Logistics Performance Index and Refugee Population by Country of Asylum. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 22 statistics on this page come from 6 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Seychelles’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Seychelles (banner) — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Seychelles: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/seychelles/mobility