Bangladesh vs Western Africa: Mangroves — Area from MODIS

Bangladesh
714.42 1000 ha
in 2024
Western Africa
1,929 1000 ha
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
8th
Western Africa rank
9th

Mangroves — Area from MODIS over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Western Africa
5001.0k1.5k2.0k2.5k200120122024

How they compare

Western Africa currently reports 1,929 1000 ha against 714.42 1000 ha in Bangladesh, a difference of 1,215 1000 ha.

That makes Western Africa's figure about 2.7 times Bangladesh's.

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

Bangladesh ranks 8th and Western Africa ranks 9th of 223 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Western Africa Difference Ahead
2000s 710.82 1000 ha 2,060 1000 ha 1,349 1000 ha Western Africa
2010s 726.93 1000 ha 1,986 1000 ha 1,259 1000 ha Western Africa
2020s 705.77 1000 ha 1,880 1000 ha 1,175 1000 ha Western Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mangroves — area from modis, Bangladesh or Western Africa?
Western Africa, at 1,929 1000 ha against 714.42 1000 ha in Bangladesh as of 2024.
What is the difference in mangroves — area from modis between Bangladesh and Western Africa?
1,215 1000 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Western Africa?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and Western Africa rank globally for mangroves — area from modis?
Bangladesh ranks 8th and Western Africa ranks 9th of 223 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

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.