Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Seychelles
Seychelles: Lakes and rivers permanent water area was 0.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Seychelles, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, lakes and rivers permanent water area in Seychelles stood at 0.3%.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lakes and rivers permanent water area in Seychelles peaked at 0.3% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2000.
That places Seychelles 130th out of 221 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1% | — |
| 2001 | 0.1% | +55.5% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +54.3% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | +34.2% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | +27.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | +12.0% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -7.6% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -11.7% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | +10.7% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +19.6% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -10.1% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 3 |
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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)
- Sawnwood — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2020)
- Sawnwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate 69.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, per capita 0.1694 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import value, annual growth rate 51.87 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lakes and rivers permanent water area in Seychelles?
- Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Seychelles was 0.3% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest lakes and rivers permanent water area recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2017.
- What is the lowest lakes and rivers permanent water area recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
- How does Seychelles rank for lakes and rivers permanent water area?
- Seychelles ranks 130th out of 221 countries with data for 2022.
- Is lakes and rivers permanent water area rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Lakes and rivers permanent water area (% of total land area). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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