South Africa vs Tonga: Mangroves — Area from MODIS
Mangroves — Area from MODIS over time
- South Africa
- Tonga
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 29.3 1000 ha against 25.38 1000 ha in Tonga, a difference of 3.92 1000 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.2 times Tonga's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was South Africa ahead.
South Africa ranks 52nd and Tonga ranks 53rd of 223 countries.
Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.03 1000 ha | 30.68 1000 ha | 0.6511 1000 ha | Tonga |
| 2010s | 24.32 1000 ha | 26.55 1000 ha | 2.23 1000 ha | Tonga |
| 2020s | 25.49 1000 ha | 25.51 1000 ha | 0.024 1000 ha | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mangroves — area from modis, South Africa or Tonga?
- South Africa, at 29.3 1000 ha against 25.38 1000 ha in Tonga as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mangroves — area from modis between South Africa and Tonga?
- 3.92 1000 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Tonga?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Tonga rank globally for mangroves — area from modis?
- South Africa ranks 52nd and Tonga ranks 53rd 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
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.