Share of land covered by lakes and rivers in Seychelles
Seychelles: Share of land covered by lakes and rivers was 0.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Share of land covered by lakes and rivers in Seychelles, 2000–2022
Source: UN Environment Programme – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 0.3% for share of land covered by lakes and rivers in 2022.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of land covered by lakes and rivers in Seychelles peaked at 0.3% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2000.
Seychelles ranks 121st of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Share of land covered by lakes and rivers in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1% | — |
| 2001 | 0.1% | +42.9% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +60.0% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | +31.2% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | +28.6% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -14.3% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +22.2% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -9.4% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | -3.4% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 0.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.5%, 62% of the median. (82 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 0.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1%, 2.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of land covered by lakes and rivers in Seychelles changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +60.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| 2001 | +42.9% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More reference data data for Seychelles
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0024 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0046 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0075 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0075 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0082 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0082 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0247 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.043 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0348 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 2.17 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of land covered by lakes and rivers in Seychelles?
- Share of land covered by lakes and rivers in Seychelles was 0.3% in 2022, according to UN Environment Programme – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of land covered by lakes and rivers recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of land covered by lakes and rivers recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
- How does Seychelles rank for share of land covered by lakes and rivers?
- Seychelles ranks 121st out of 208 countries with data for 2022.
- Is share of land covered by lakes and rivers rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from UN Environment Programme – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of land covered by lakes and rivers. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Lakes and rivers permanent water area (% of total land area).