Mauritius vs Sao Tome and Principe: Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC
Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Mauritius
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 1.02 1000 ha against 1 1000 ha in Mauritius, a difference of 0.02 1000 ha.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Mauritius ahead.
Mauritius ranks 86th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 85th of 224 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Mauritius averaged higher in 3 and Sao Tome and Principe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritius | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.17 1000 ha | 1 1000 ha | 0.165 1000 ha | Mauritius |
| 2000s | 1.2 1000 ha | 1 1000 ha | 0.197 1000 ha | Mauritius |
| 2010s | 1.08 1000 ha | 1.01 1000 ha | 0.071 1000 ha | Mauritius |
| 2020s | 1.01 1000 ha | 1.02 1000 ha | 0.0067 1000 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mangroves — area from cci_lc, Mauritius or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 1.02 1000 ha against 1 1000 ha in Mauritius as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mangroves — area from cci_lc between Mauritius and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.02 1000 ha, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Mauritius and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for mangroves — area from cci_lc?
- Mauritius ranks 86th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 85th of 224 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.