Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Seychelles
Seychelles: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 2.09 million t in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Seychelles, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million t.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 2.09 million t for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Seychelles peaked at 2.65 million t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2.09 million t, in 2025.
Seychelles ranks 198th of 249 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.65 million t | — |
| 1991 | 2.63 million t | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 2.62 million t | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 2.6 million t | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 2.59 million t | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 2.57 million t | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 2.55 million t | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 2.54 million t | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 2.52 million t | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 2.51 million t | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 2.49 million t | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 2.47 million t | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 2.46 million t | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 2.44 million t | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 2.43 million t | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 2.41 million t | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 2.39 million t | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 2.38 million t | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 2.36 million t | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 2.35 million t | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 2.33 million t | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 2.32 million t | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 2.3 million t | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 2.29 million t | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 2.27 million t | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 2.26 million t | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 2.27 million t | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 2.28 million t | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 2.28 million t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2.29 million t | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 2.3 million t | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 2.26 million t | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 2.22 million t | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 2.17 million t | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 2.13 million t | -1.8% |
| 2025 | 2.09 million t | -1.9% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 2.09 million t is below the median for high income countries, which is 57 million t, 4% of the median. (78 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 2.09 million t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 262.7 million t, 1% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.58 million t | 2.51 million t | 2.65 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.42 million t | 2.35 million t | 2.49 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.29 million t | 2.26 million t | 2.33 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.19 million t | 2.09 million t | 2.3 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More climate change data for Seychelles
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 91,000 kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 14.71 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10.89 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3.82 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.0411 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.1363 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 0.5035 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0.5035 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0019 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) 0.5035 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Seychelles?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Seychelles was 2.09 million t in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 2.65 million t in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.09 million t in 2025.
- How does Seychelles rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- Seychelles ranks 198th out of 249 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass. 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.