Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC in Dominica
Dominica: Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC was 3.3 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC in Dominica, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 3.3 1000 ha for mangroves — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from cci_lc in Dominica peaked at 3.31 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 3.3 1000 ha, in 2020.
That places Dominica 84th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.31 1000 ha | 3.31 1000 ha | 3.31 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 3.31 1000 ha | 3.31 1000 ha | 3.31 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.31 1000 ha | 3.31 1000 ha | 3.31 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.3 1000 ha | 3.3 1000 ha | 3.3 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 81 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.52 1000 ha compare
- 82 Palau 3.47 1000 ha compare
- 83 Singapore 3.44 1000 ha compare
- 85 United Arab Emirates 3.02 1000 ha compare
- 86 Seychelles 2.26 1000 ha compare
- 87 Egypt 2.25 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Dominica
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.89 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 0.2 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 2.66 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 8.16 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 2 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 69.39 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 17 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 22.45 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 5.5 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.34 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from cci_lc in Dominica?
- Mangroves — area from cci_lc in Dominica was 3.3 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 Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 3.31 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from cci_lc recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Dominica rank for mangroves — area from cci_lc?
- Dominica ranks 84th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
- Is mangroves — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Dominica 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
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.