Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted in Seychelles
Seychelles: Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted was 4,880 hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted in Seychelles, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted in Seychelles is 4,880 hectares, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted in Seychelles peaked at 4,900 hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4,880 hectares, in 2025.
That places Seychelles 154th out of 185 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,900 hectares | 4,900 hectares | 4,900 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,900 hectares | 4,900 hectares | 4,900 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,898 hectares | 4,892 hectares | 4,900 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,885 hectares | 4,880 hectares | 4,890 hectares | 6 |
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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 forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted in Seychelles?
- Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted in Seychelles was 4,880 hectares 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 forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 4,900 hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,880 hectares in 2025.
- How does Seychelles rank for forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted?
- Seychelles ranks 154th out of 185 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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