Africa vs Australia: Mangroves — Area from MODIS
Mangroves — Area from MODIS over time
- Africa
- Australia
How they compare
Africa currently reports 4,503 1000 ha against 891.34 1000 ha in Australia, a difference of 3,612 1000 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 5.1 times Australia's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 6th and Australia ranks 9th of 29 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Australia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,045 1000 ha | 872.53 1000 ha | 4,173 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 4,580 1000 ha | 851.12 1000 ha | 3,729 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 4,423 1000 ha | 828.03 1000 ha | 3,595 1000 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mangroves — area from modis, Africa or Australia?
- Africa, at 4,503 1000 ha against 891.34 1000 ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mangroves — area from modis between Africa and Australia?
- 3,612 1000 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Australia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Australia rank globally for mangroves — area from modis?
- Africa ranks 6th and Australia ranks 9th of 29 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Mangroves — Area from MODIS. 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.