Seychelles - External balance on goods and services

External balance on goods and services (current US$)

The latest value for External balance on goods and services (current US$) in Seychelles was ($274,034,100) as of 2020. Over the past 44 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $16,696,540 in 2003 and ($288,613,800) in 1999.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1976 ($30,500,010)
1977 ($34,668,550)
1978 ($42,664,430)
1979 ($62,557,700)
1980 ($77,634,060)
1981 ($76,116,820)
1982 ($82,599,700)
1983 ($67,502,830)
1984 ($61,944,650)
1985 ($70,788,390)
1986 ($87,150,900)
1987 ($91,039,830)
1988 ($127,296,300)
1989 ($130,477,100)
1990 ($129,714,600)
1991 ($123,297,000)
1992 ($143,541,600)
1993 ($187,172,800)
1994 ($155,601,700)
1995 ($179,697,400)
1996 ($239,130,200)
1997 ($227,186,000)
1998 ($260,704,500)
1999 ($288,613,800)
2000 ($39,544,560)
2001 ($123,261,300)
2002 ($52,439,160)
2003 $16,696,540
2004 ($63,395,510)
2005 ($199,498,300)
2006 ($164,283,000)
2007 ($12,273,630)
2008 ($103,820,100)
2009 ($76,557,300)
2010 ($138,536,400)
2011 ($166,470,100)
2012 ($188,979,600)
2013 ($15,782,450)
2014 ($150,852,400)
2015 ($69,227,730)
2016 ($174,341,800)
2017 ($184,119,100)
2018 ($224,384,600)
2019 ($184,344,600)
2020 ($274,034,100)

External balance on goods and services (current LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (current LCU) in Seychelles was -4,823,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 90,173,000 in 2003 and a minimum value of -4,823,000,000 in 2020.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1976 -226,276,000
1977 -264,985,000
1978 -296,623,000
1979 -396,156,000
1980 -496,233,000
1981 -480,672,000
1982 -541,238,000
1983 -456,835,000
1984 -437,259,000
1985 -505,028,000
1986 -538,313,000
1987 -509,823,800
1988 -685,308,000
1989 -736,636,700
1990 -692,274,000
1991 -652,155,000
1992 -735,206,000
1993 -969,836,000
1994 -786,691,000
1995 -855,701,000
1996 -1,188,453,000
1997 -1,141,905,000
1998 -1,371,853,000
1999 -1,541,919,000
2000 -225,949,700
2001 -722,002,800
2002 -287,366,600
2003 90,173,000
2004 -348,675,300
2005 -1,097,241,000
2006 -906,792,700
2007 -82,246,800
2008 -981,847,700
2009 -1,041,937,000
2010 -1,671,830,000
2011 -2,061,066,000
2012 -2,588,000,000
2013 -190,300,000
2014 -1,922,901,000
2015 -921,691,100
2016 -2,322,163,000
2017 -2,512,876,000
2018 -3,121,526,000
2019 -2,587,000,000
2020 -4,823,000,000

External balance on goods and services (constant LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (constant LCU) in Seychelles was -1,077,476,000 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of -749,000,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of -1,387,000,000 in 2012.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
2006 -906,792,700
2012 -1,387,000,000
2013 -789,000,000
2014 -1,241,000,000
2015 -887,000,000
2016 -749,000,000
2017 -1,077,476,000

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Seychelles was -25.86 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 2.37 in 2003, while its lowest value was -61.89 in 1976.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1976 -61.89
1977 -53.73
1978 -49.87
1979 -49.16
1980 -52.68
1981 -49.14
1982 -55.84
1983 -46.01
1984 -40.94
1985 -41.91
1986 -41.93
1987 -36.52
1988 -44.85
1989 -42.80
1990 -35.19
1991 -32.94
1992 -33.10
1993 -39.49
1994 -31.99
1995 -35.36
1996 -47.53
1997 -40.36
1998 -42.85
1999 -46.33
2000 -6.43
2001 -19.81
2002 -7.52
2003 2.37
2004 -7.55
2005 -21.71
2006 -16.16
2007 -1.19
2008 -10.73
2009 -9.03
2010 -14.28
2011 -15.62
2012 -17.82
2013 -1.19
2014 -11.23
2015 -5.03
2016 -12.22
2017 -12.05
2018 -14.50
2019 -11.65
2020 -25.86

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts