Malaysia vs Philippines: Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC
Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Malaysia
- Philippines
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 691.35 1000 ha against 684.41 1000 ha in Malaysia, a difference of 6.94 1000 ha.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Philippines ahead.
Malaysia ranks 9th and Philippines ranks 8th of 241 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 1 and Philippines in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 645.17 1000 ha | 650.11 1000 ha | 4.94 1000 ha | Philippines |
| 2000s | 675.73 1000 ha | 666.98 1000 ha | 8.74 1000 ha | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 689.31 1000 ha | 689.93 1000 ha | 0.618 1000 ha | Philippines |
| 2020s | 686.25 1000 ha | 692.49 1000 ha | 6.24 1000 ha | Philippines |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mangroves — area from cci_lc, Malaysia or Philippines?
- Philippines, at 691.35 1000 ha against 684.41 1000 ha in Malaysia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mangroves — area from cci_lc between Malaysia and Philippines?
- 6.94 1000 ha, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Philippines?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Malaysia and Philippines rank globally for mangroves — area from cci_lc?
- Malaysia ranks 9th and Philippines ranks 8th 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
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.