Nigeria vs United Republic of Tanzania: Mangroves — Area from MODIS

Nigeria
1,147 1000 ha
in 2024
United Republic of Tanzania
156.7 1000 ha
in 2024
Nigeria rank
5th
United Republic of Tanzania rank
7th

Mangroves — Area from MODIS over time

  • Nigeria
  • United Republic of Tanzania
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 1,147 1000 ha against 156.7 1000 ha in United Republic of Tanzania, a difference of 990.3 1000 ha.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 7.3 times United Republic of Tanzania's.

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

Nigeria ranks 5th and United Republic of Tanzania ranks 7th of 223 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria United Republic of Tanzania Difference Ahead
2000s 1,150 1000 ha 151.27 1000 ha 999.22 1000 ha Nigeria
2010s 1,136 1000 ha 133.29 1000 ha 1,003 1000 ha Nigeria
2020s 1,127 1000 ha 144.12 1000 ha 982.57 1000 ha Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mangroves — area from modis, Nigeria or United Republic of Tanzania?
Nigeria, at 1,147 1000 ha against 156.7 1000 ha in United Republic of Tanzania as of 2024.
What is the difference in mangroves — area from modis between Nigeria and United Republic of Tanzania?
990.3 1000 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and United Republic of Tanzania?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and United Republic of Tanzania rank globally for mangroves — area from modis?
Nigeria ranks 5th and United Republic of Tanzania ranks 7th 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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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.