Which has higher mangroves — area from cci_lc, Seychelles or United Arab Emirates?

United Arab Emirates, at 3.02 1000 ha against 2.26 1000 ha in Seychelles as of 2022.

What is the difference in mangroves — area from cci_lc between Seychelles and United Arab Emirates?

0.76 1000 ha, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Seychelles and United Arab Emirates?

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.

Seychelles vs United Arab Emirates: Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC

Seychelles

2.26 1000 ha

in 2022

United Arab Emirates

3.02 1000 ha

in 2022

Seychelles rank

86th

United Arab Emirates rank

85th

Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC over time

Seychelles
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 3.02 1000 ha against 2.26 1000 ha in Seychelles, a difference of 0.76 1000 ha.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 1.3 times Seychelles's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, United Arab Emirates has been ahead every year.

Seychelles ranks 86th and United Arab Emirates ranks 85th of 241 countries.

United Arab Emirates has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Seychelles	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1990s	2.27 1000 ha	2.46 1000 ha	0.19 1000 ha	United Arab Emirates
2000s	2.28 1000 ha	2.61 1000 ha	0.327 1000 ha	United Arab Emirates
2010s	2.25 1000 ha	3.06 1000 ha	0.811 1000 ha	United Arab Emirates
2020s	2.24 1000 ha	3.01 1000 ha	0.7733 1000 ha	United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mangroves — area from cci_lc, Seychelles or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 3.02 1000 ha against 2.26 1000 ha in Seychelles as of 2022.
What is the difference in mangroves — area from cci_lc between Seychelles and United Arab Emirates?: 0.76 1000 ha, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Seychelles and United Arab Emirates?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Seychelles and United Arab Emirates rank globally for mangroves — area from cci_lc?: Seychelles ranks 86th and United Arab Emirates ranks 85th 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.