Which has higher mangroves — area from cci_lc, Martinique or Seychelles?

Seychelles, at 2.26 1000 ha against 2.24 1000 ha in Martinique as of 2022.

What is the difference in mangroves — area from cci_lc between Martinique and Seychelles?

0.02 1000 ha, with Seychelles ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Martinique and Seychelles?

31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.

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.

Martinique vs Seychelles: Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC

Martinique

2.24 1000 ha

in 2022

Seychelles

2.26 1000 ha

in 2022

Martinique rank

88th

Seychelles rank

86th

Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC over time

Martinique
Seychelles

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 2.26 1000 ha against 2.24 1000 ha in Martinique, a difference of 0.02 1000 ha.

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

Martinique ranks 88th and Seychelles ranks 86th of 241 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Martinique averaged higher in 1 and Seychelles in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Martinique	Seychelles	Difference	Ahead
1990s	2.26 1000 ha	2.27 1000 ha	0.01 1000 ha	Seychelles
2000s	2.25 1000 ha	2.28 1000 ha	0.034 1000 ha	Seychelles
2010s	2.25 1000 ha	2.25 1000 ha	0.008 1000 ha	Seychelles
2020s	2.24 1000 ha	2.24 1000 ha	0 1000 ha	Martinique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mangroves — area from cci_lc, Martinique or Seychelles?: Seychelles, at 2.26 1000 ha against 2.24 1000 ha in Martinique as of 2022.
What is the difference in mangroves — area from cci_lc between Martinique and Seychelles?: 0.02 1000 ha, with Seychelles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Martinique and Seychelles?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Martinique and Seychelles rank globally for mangroves — area from cci_lc?: Martinique ranks 88th and Seychelles ranks 86th 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: 12 August 2026

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.