Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Seychelles
Seychelles: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita was -0.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita 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
In 2025, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Seychelles stood at -0.8%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Seychelles peaked at -0.6% in 1991 and was at its lowest, -0.8%, in 2025.
That places Seychelles 206th out of 227 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
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
- 203 Sudan -0.8% compare
- 204 Angola -0.8% compare
- 205 Sierra Leone -0.8% compare
- 207 Mozambique -0.8% compare
- 208 Antigua and Barbuda -0.8% compare
- 209 Honduras -0.9% compare
More environment data for Seychelles
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.9764 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 8.05 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0023 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0743 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0033 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0677 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Seychelles?
- Annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita 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 vs. gdp per capita recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was -0.6% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.8% in 2025.
- How does Seychelles rank for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Seychelles ranks 206th out of 227 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita 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 vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.