Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Seychelles
Seychelles: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 663 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Seychelles, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 663 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Seychelles peaked at 687 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 137 ha, in 1961.
Seychelles ranks 173rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 137 ha | — |
| 1962 | 143 ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 143 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 149 ha | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 149 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 155 ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 155 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 159 ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 162 ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 166 ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 170 ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 177 ha | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 180 ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 186 ha | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 191 ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 192 ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 197 ha | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 199 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 203 ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 208 ha | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 208 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 210 ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 214 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 225 ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 226 ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 227 ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 228 ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 230 ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 230 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 255 ha | +10.9% |
| 1991 | 226 ha | -11.4% |
| 1992 | 228 ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 239 ha | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 228 ha | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 234 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 239 ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 245 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 250 ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 256 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 264 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 272 ha | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 279 ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 289 ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 299 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 328 ha | +9.7% |
| 2006 | 335 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 369 ha | +10.1% |
| 2008 | 409 ha | +10.8% |
| 2009 | 450 ha | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 494 ha | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 560 ha | +13.4% |
| 2012 | 560 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 580 ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 593 ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 687 ha | +15.9% |
| 2016 | 620 ha | -9.8% |
| 2017 | 631 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 635 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 645 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 655 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 671 ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 657 ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 661 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 663 ha | +0.3% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 663 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 8% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 663 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,543 ha, 1% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 150.22 ha | 137 ha | 162 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 186.1 ha | 166 ha | 203 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 220.6 ha | 208 ha | 230 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 240 ha | 226 ha | 256 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 329.4 ha | 264 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 600.5 ha | 494 ha | 687 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 661.4 ha | 655 ha | 671 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Seychelles
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 506.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7772 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5452 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Seychelles?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Seychelles was 663 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 687 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 137 ha in 1961.
- How does Seychelles rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Seychelles ranks 173rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.