Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland in Seychelles
Seychelles: Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland was 16.84 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland in Seychelles, 2003–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Seychelles stood at 16.84 %.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Seychelles peaked at 21.36 % in 2014 and was at its lowest, 6.5 %, in 2003.
Seychelles ranks 91st of 201 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.61 % | 6.5 % | 9.13 % | 7 |
| 2010s | 17.88 % | 11.21 % | 21.36 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.44 % | 16.46 % | 19.32 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Seychelles
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 0.26 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 90.28 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1.39 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 9.72 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 0.15 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.01 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 3.38 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 1.54 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 5,464 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Seychelles?
- Land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Seychelles was 16.84 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 21.36 % in 2014.
- What is the lowest land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.5 % in 2003.
- How does Seychelles rank for land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland?
- Seychelles ranks 91st out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland. 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.