Africa vs Papua New Guinea: Mangroves — Area from MODIS

Africa
4,503 1000 ha
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
1,403 1000 ha
in 2024
Africa rank
4th
Papua New Guinea rank
3rd

Mangroves — Area from MODIS over time

  • Africa
  • Papua New Guinea
2.0k4.0k6.0k200120122024

How they compare

Africa currently reports 4,503 1000 ha against 1,403 1000 ha in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 3,100 1000 ha.

That makes Africa's figure about 3.2 times Papua New Guinea's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.

Africa ranks 4th and Papua New Guinea ranks 3rd of 44 regions.

Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
2000s 5,045 1000 ha 1,545 1000 ha 3,500 1000 ha Africa
2010s 4,580 1000 ha 1,444 1000 ha 3,137 1000 ha Africa
2020s 4,423 1000 ha 1,417 1000 ha 3,006 1000 ha Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mangroves — area from modis, Africa or Papua New Guinea?
Africa, at 4,503 1000 ha against 1,403 1000 ha in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in mangroves — area from modis between Africa and Papua New Guinea?
3,100 1000 ha, with Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Papua New Guinea?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Africa and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mangroves — area from modis?
Africa ranks 4th and Papua New Guinea ranks 3rd of 44 regions.
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

Indicator
Mangroves — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.