Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC in Caribbean

Caribbean: Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC was 589.67 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
589.67 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
11th
of 241 countries
All-time high
594.38 1000 ha
in 2014
All-time low
574.4 1000 ha
in 1994
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC in Caribbean, 1992–2022

02004006001992200720221992: 574.5 1000 ha1993: 574.5 1000 ha1994: 574.4 1000 ha1995: 579.3 1000 ha1996: 579.6 1000 ha1997: 579.6 1000 ha1998: 580.1 1000 ha1999: 582.4 1000 ha2000: 583.8 1000 ha2001: 585.3 1000 ha2002: 587.1 1000 ha2003: 588.2 1000 ha2004: 591.1 1000 ha2005: 591.3 1000 ha2006: 591.5 1000 ha2007: 592.6 1000 ha2008: 593.2 1000 ha2009: 594.2 1000 ha2010: 594 1000 ha2011: 592.2 1000 ha2012: 591.3 1000 ha2013: 591.3 1000 ha2014: 594.4 1000 ha2015: 594.4 1000 ha2016: 593.9 1000 ha2017: 592.9 1000 ha2018: 591.6 1000 ha2019: 591.2 1000 ha2020: 591.2 1000 ha2021: 589.8 1000 ha2022: 589.7 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for mangroves — area from cci_lc in Caribbean is 589.67 1000 ha, measured in 2022.

That represents a change of down 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mangroves — area from cci_lc in Caribbean peaked at 594.38 1000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 574.4 1000 ha, in 1994.

That places Caribbean 11th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 578.06 1000 ha 574.4 1000 ha 582.39 1000 ha 8
2000s 589.83 1000 ha 583.75 1000 ha 594.21 1000 ha 10
2010s 592.71 1000 ha 591.16 1000 ha 594.38 1000 ha 10
2020s 590.22 1000 ha 589.67 1000 ha 591.21 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Caribbean

  1. 8 Philippines 691.35 1000 ha compare
  2. 9 Malaysia 684.41 1000 ha compare
  3. 10 Brazil 594.58 1000 ha compare
  4. 12 Mozambique 511.76 1000 ha compare
  5. 13 Myanmar 491.13 1000 ha compare
  6. 14 Bangladesh 471.83 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is mangroves — area from cci_lc in Caribbean?
Mangroves — area from cci_lc in Caribbean was 589.67 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest mangroves — area from cci_lc recorded in Caribbean?
The highest recorded value was 594.38 1000 ha in 2014.
What is the lowest mangroves — area from cci_lc recorded in Caribbean?
The lowest recorded value was 574.4 1000 ha in 1994.
How does Caribbean rank for mangroves — area from cci_lc?
Caribbean ranks 11th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is mangroves — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Caribbean?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Caribbean data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
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.