Forest area in Seychelles

Forest area in Seychelles: 74.2% in 1990 and 58.5% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 58.5%
Since 1990: −15.7 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 35 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Seychelles	World
2024	58.5	–
2023	59	31.1
2022	59.5	31.1
2021	59.5	31.2
2020	60	31.2
2019	60.5	31.2
2018	61	31.3
2017	61.4	31.3
2016	61.9	31.3
2015	62.4	31.4
2014	62.9	31.4
2013	63.4	31.4
2012	63.8	31.5
2011	64.3	31.9
2010	64.8	32
2009	65.2	32
2008	65.7	32
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	32.3
2000	69.5	32.4
1999	70	32.5
1998	70.4	32.5
1997	70.9	32.6
1996	71.4	32.7
1995	71.9	32.7
1994	72.3	32.8
1993	72.8	32.8
1992	73.3	33
1991	73.7	–
1990	74.2	–

Good to know

The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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