Forest area in Seychelles
Forests covered 58.5% of the land area of Seychelles in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Seychelles, 2024
58.5%
Change from 2023
−0.5percentage points
World, 2023
31.1%
Position in 2024
35th of 209
Forest area in Seychelles over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Seychelles | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 58.5% | – |
| 2023 | 59.0% | 31.1% |
| 2022 | 59.5% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | 59.5% | 31.2% |
| 2020 | 60.0% | 31.2% |
| 2019 | 60.5% | 31.2% |
| 2018 | 61.0% | 31.3% |
| 2017 | 61.4% | 31.3% |
| 2016 | 61.9% | 31.3% |
| 2015 | 62.4% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | 62.9% | 31.4% |
| 2013 | 63.3% | 31.4% |
| 2012 | 63.8% | 31.5% |
| 2011 | 64.3% | 31.9% |
| 2010 | 64.8% | 31.9% |
| 2009 | 65.2% | 32.0% |
| 2008 | 65.7% | 32.0% |
| 2007 | 66.2% | 32.1% |
| 2006 | 66.7% | 32.1% |
| 2005 | 67.1% | 32.1% |
| 2004 | 67.6% | 32.2% |
| 2003 | 68.1% | 32.3% |
| 2002 | 68.5% | 32.3% |
| 2001 | 69.0% | 32.3% |
| 2000 | 69.5% | 32.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 59.0% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 62.9%, the figure has changed by −4.4 percentage points.
- Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Seychelles has the 35th highest value.