Arable land — Area in Seychelles
Seychelles: Arable land — Area was 0.15 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Arable land — Area in Seychelles, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for arable land — area in Seychelles is 0.15 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land — area in Seychelles peaked at 1 1000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.14 1000 ha, in 2011.
That places Seychelles 228th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 1 1000 ha | 1 1000 ha | 1 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1 1000 ha | 1 1000 ha | 1 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1 1000 ha | 1 1000 ha | 1 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1 1000 ha | 1 1000 ha | 1 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1 1000 ha | 1 1000 ha | 1 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.223 1000 ha | 0.14 1000 ha | 0.9 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.15 1000 ha | 0.15 1000 ha | 0.15 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 225 Bermuda 0.3 1000 ha compare
- 225 Palau 0.3 1000 ha compare
- 227 Cayman Islands 0.2 1000 ha compare
- 228 Northern Mariana Islands 0.15 1000 ha compare
- 230 Andorra 0.1443 1000 ha compare
- 231 Faroe Islands 0.07 1000 ha 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)
- 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)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 5,464 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land — area in Seychelles?
- Arable land — area in Seychelles was 0.15 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest arable land — area recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 1 1000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land — area recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.14 1000 ha in 2011.
- How does Seychelles rank for arable land — area?
- Seychelles ranks 228th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is arable land — area rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 Arable land — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.