Nigeria vs Western Africa: Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC
Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Nigeria
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 2,383 1000 ha against 892.57 1000 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 1,490 1000 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 2.7 times Nigeria's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 5th and Western Africa ranks 5th of 219 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 914.77 1000 ha | 2,401 1000 ha | 1,486 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 899.29 1000 ha | 2,385 1000 ha | 1,486 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 887.01 1000 ha | 2,374 1000 ha | 1,487 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 887.28 1000 ha | 2,367 1000 ha | 1,479 1000 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mangroves — area from cci_lc, Nigeria or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 2,383 1000 ha against 892.57 1000 ha in Nigeria as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mangroves — area from cci_lc between Nigeria and Western Africa?
- 1,490 1000 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Western Africa?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Nigeria and Western Africa rank globally for mangroves — area from cci_lc?
- Nigeria ranks 5th and Western Africa ranks 5th of 219 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.