Cayman Islands vs China, Taiwan Province of: Mangroves — Area from MODIS

Cayman Islands
9.89 1000 ha
in 2024
China, Taiwan Province of
10.02 1000 ha
in 2024
Cayman Islands rank
68th
China, Taiwan Province of rank
67th

Mangroves — Area from MODIS over time

  • Cayman Islands
  • China, Taiwan Province of
10152025200120122024

How they compare

China, Taiwan Province of currently reports 10.02 1000 ha against 9.89 1000 ha in Cayman Islands, a difference of 0.13 1000 ha.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was China, Taiwan Province of ahead.

Cayman Islands ranks 68th and China, Taiwan Province of ranks 67th of 223 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Cayman Islands averaged higher in 1 and China, Taiwan Province of in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cayman Islands China, Taiwan Province of Difference Ahead
2000s 10.32 1000 ha 10.95 1000 ha 0.6333 1000 ha China, Taiwan Province of
2010s 9.07 1000 ha 8.62 1000 ha 0.452 1000 ha Cayman Islands
2020s 9.55 1000 ha 9.63 1000 ha 0.076 1000 ha China, Taiwan Province of

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mangroves — area from modis, Cayman Islands or China, Taiwan Province of?
China, Taiwan Province of, at 10.02 1000 ha against 9.89 1000 ha in Cayman Islands as of 2024.
What is the difference in mangroves — area from modis between Cayman Islands and China, Taiwan Province of?
0.13 1000 ha, with China, Taiwan Province of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cayman Islands and China, Taiwan Province of?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Cayman Islands and China, Taiwan Province of rank globally for mangroves — area from modis?
Cayman Islands ranks 68th and China, Taiwan Province of ranks 67th 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.