Australia vs Western Africa: Mangroves — Area from MODIS
Mangroves — Area from MODIS over time
- Australia
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 1,929 1000 ha against 891.34 1000 ha in Australia, a difference of 1,038 1000 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 2.2 times Australia's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 9th and Western Africa ranks 10th of 240 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 872.53 1000 ha | 2,060 1000 ha | 1,187 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 851.12 1000 ha | 1,986 1000 ha | 1,134 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 828.03 1000 ha | 1,880 1000 ha | 1,052 1000 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mangroves — area from modis, Australia or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 1,929 1000 ha against 891.34 1000 ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mangroves — area from modis between Australia and Western Africa?
- 1,038 1000 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Western Africa?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Western Africa rank globally for mangroves — area from modis?
- Australia ranks 9th and Western Africa ranks 10th of 240 countries.
- 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.