Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Seychelles
Seychelles: Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected was 98.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Seychelles, 2000–2025
Source: BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Seychelles is 98.9%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Seychelles peaked at 98.9% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.
Seychelles ranks 12th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 98.9% | — |
| 2002 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89.0% | 0.0% | 98.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.9% | 98.9% | 98.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.9% | 98.9% | 98.9% | 6 |
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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)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate -23.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0833 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -12.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0565 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate -16.89 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Seychelles?
- Share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Seychelles was 98.9% in 2025, according to BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 98.9% in 2001.
- What is the lowest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- How does Seychelles rank for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected?
- Seychelles ranks 12th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%).