Forest land — Share in Land area in Seychelles
Seychelles: Forest land — Share in Land area was 58.51 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Share in Land area in Seychelles, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — share in land area in Seychelles is 58.51 %, measured in 2024. 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 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Seychelles peaked at 74.2 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 58.51 %, in 2024.
That places Seychelles 44th out of 249 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Forest land — Share in Land area in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 74.2 % | — |
| 1991 | 73.72 % | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 73.25 % | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 72.78 % | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 72.31 % | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 71.84 % | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 71.37 % | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 70.89 % | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 70.42 % | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 69.95 % | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 69.48 % | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 69.01 % | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 68.53 % | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 68.06 % | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 67.59 % | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 67.12 % | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 66.65 % | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 66.18 % | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 65.7 % | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 65.23 % | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 64.76 % | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 64.29 % | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 63.81 % | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 63.34 % | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 62.87 % | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 62.39 % | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 61.92 % | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 61.44 % | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 60.97 % | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 60.5 % | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 60.02 % | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 59.55 % | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 59.46 % | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 58.98 % | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 58.51 % | -0.8% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 58.51 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 34.12 %, 1.7× the median. (78 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 58.51 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 22 %, 2.7× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 72.07 % | 69.95 % | 74.2 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 67.36 % | 65.23 % | 69.48 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.63 % | 60.5 % | 64.76 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.3 % | 58.51 % | 60.02 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
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 forest land — share in land area in Seychelles?
- Forest land — share in land area in Seychelles was 58.51 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 74.2 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.51 % in 2024.
- How does Seychelles rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Seychelles ranks 44th out of 249 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. 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 Forest land — Share in 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.