Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Seychelles
Seychelles: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 3.38 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Seychelles, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, agricultural land — share in land area in Seychelles stood at 3.38 %.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and up 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Seychelles peaked at 13.04 % in 1982 and was at its lowest, 2.65 %, in 2014.
Seychelles ranks 227th of 237 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.87 % | 10.87 % | 10.87 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.87 % | 10.87 % | 10.87 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.17 % | 10.87 % | 13.04 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.7 % | 8.7 % | 8.7 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.88 % | 6.19 % | 8.7 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.26 % | 2.65 % | 5.04 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.27 % | 2.93 % | 3.46 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 224 China, Hong Kong SAR 3.81 % compare
- 225 Equatorial Guinea 3.44 % compare
- 226 Guyana 3.41 % compare
- 228 Papua New Guinea 3.1 % compare
- 229 Brunei Darussalam 2.9 % compare
- 230 Norway 2.7 % compare
More environment data for Seychelles
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 16.84 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 0.26 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 90.28 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1.39 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 9.72 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 0.15 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.01 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 3.38 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 1.54 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Seychelles?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Seychelles was 3.38 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 13.04 % in 1982.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.65 % in 2014.
- How does Seychelles rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Seychelles ranks 227th out of 237 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agricultural land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.