Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Seychelles
Seychelles: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was -0.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Seychelles, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded -0.8% for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Seychelles peaked at -0.6% in 1991 and was at its lowest, -0.8%, in 2025.
Seychelles ranks 207th of 228 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.6% | — |
| 1992 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 1993 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 1995 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 1996 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 1997 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 1999 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2001 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | -0.7% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | -0.8% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | -0.8% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | -0.8% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | -0.8% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | -0.8% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | -0.8% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | -0.8% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | -0.8% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | -0.8% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | -0.8% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | -0.8% | +0.8% |
| 2025 | -0.8% | +0.8% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's -0.8% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -0.3%, 2.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.7% | -0.7% | -0.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.7% | -0.7% | -0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.8% | -0.8% | -0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.8% | -0.8% | -0.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 204 Sudan -0.8% compare
- 205 Angola -0.8% compare
- 206 Sierra Leone -0.8% compare
- 208 Mozambique -0.8% compare
- 209 Antigua and Barbuda -0.8% compare
- 210 Honduras -0.9% compare
More environment data for Seychelles
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.258 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 4.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Seychelles?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Seychelles was -0.8% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was -0.6% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.8% in 2025.
- How does Seychelles rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Seychelles ranks 207th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.