Primary Forest — Area in Seychelles
Seychelles: Primary Forest — Area was 1.98 1000 ha in 2025. ▬ Flat
Primary Forest — Area in Seychelles, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 1.98 1000 ha for primary forest — area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary forest — area in Seychelles peaked at 2 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.98 1000 ha, in 2023.
That places Seychelles 108th out of 169 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 1000 ha | 2 1000 ha | 2 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2 1000 ha | 2 1000 ha | 2 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2 1000 ha | 1.99 1000 ha | 2 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.99 1000 ha | 1.98 1000 ha | 1.99 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 105 Grenada 2.32 1000 ha compare
- 106 Tonga 2.29 1000 ha compare
- 107 Martinique 2.08 1000 ha compare
- 109 Montenegro 1.6 1000 ha compare
- 110 Liechtenstein 1.5 1000 ha compare
- 111 Serbia 1 1000 ha compare
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 primary forest — area in Seychelles?
- Primary forest — area in Seychelles was 1.98 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest primary forest — area recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 2 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest primary forest — area recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.98 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Seychelles rank for primary forest — area?
- Seychelles ranks 108th out of 169 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary forest — area rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. 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, published as part of Primary Forest — 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.