Gabon vs Sierra Leone: Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC

Gabon
243.73 1000 ha
in 2022
Sierra Leone
243.71 1000 ha
in 2022
Gabon rank
26th
Sierra Leone rank
27th

Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Gabon
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Gabon currently reports 243.73 1000 ha against 243.71 1000 ha in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.02 1000 ha.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Gabon ahead.

Gabon ranks 26th and Sierra Leone ranks 27th of 241 countries.

Gabon has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Gabon Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1990s 249.29 1000 ha 218.08 1000 ha 31.22 1000 ha Gabon
2000s 238.93 1000 ha 236.86 1000 ha 2.07 1000 ha Gabon
2010s 243.43 1000 ha 241.13 1000 ha 2.3 1000 ha Gabon
2020s 243.91 1000 ha 241.86 1000 ha 2.05 1000 ha Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mangroves — area from cci_lc, Gabon or Sierra Leone?
Gabon, at 243.73 1000 ha against 243.71 1000 ha in Sierra Leone as of 2022.
What is the difference in mangroves — area from cci_lc between Gabon and Sierra Leone?
0.02 1000 ha, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Sierra Leone?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Gabon and Sierra Leone rank globally for mangroves — area from cci_lc?
Gabon ranks 26th and Sierra Leone ranks 27th of 241 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.