Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Seychelles
Seychelles: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 18.4 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Seychelles, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, planted forest — share in forest land in Seychelles stood at 18.4 %. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in Seychelles peaked at 18.4 % in 2025 and was at its lowest, 14.36 %, in 1990.
That places Seychelles 68th out of 191 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.79 % | 14.36 % | 15.23 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.82 % | 15.33 % | 16.33 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.01 % | 16.45 % | 17.58 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.05 % | 17.71 % | 18.4 % | 6 |
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More environment data for Seychelles
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 16.84 % (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — share in forest land in Seychelles?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in Seychelles was 18.4 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 18.4 % in 2025.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.36 % in 1990.
- How does Seychelles rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- Seychelles ranks 68th out of 191 countries with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. 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 Planted Forest — Share in Forest land. 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.