Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC in Eastern Asia

Eastern Asia: Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC was 247.74 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
247.74 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
13th
of 29 groups
All-time high
247.74 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
160.3 1000 ha
in 1994
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC in Eastern Asia, 1992–2022

0501001502002501992200720221992: 160.3 1000 ha1993: 160.3 1000 ha1994: 160.3 1000 ha1995: 161.7 1000 ha1996: 163.5 1000 ha1997: 164.5 1000 ha1998: 166.2 1000 ha1999: 172.1 1000 ha2000: 175.2 1000 ha2001: 178.1 1000 ha2002: 180.6 1000 ha2003: 182.8 1000 ha2004: 191.4 1000 ha2005: 192.6 1000 ha2006: 196 1000 ha2007: 200.8 1000 ha2008: 206.1 1000 ha2009: 208.3 1000 ha2010: 209.9 1000 ha2011: 211.4 1000 ha2012: 212.7 1000 ha2013: 213.9 1000 ha2014: 219.5 1000 ha2015: 219.4 1000 ha2016: 235.1 1000 ha2017: 238.5 1000 ha2018: 242.2 1000 ha2019: 245.2 1000 ha2020: 245.2 1000 ha2021: 246.6 1000 ha2022: 247.7 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 Eastern Asia is 247.74 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mangroves — area from cci_lc in Eastern Asia peaked at 247.74 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 160.3 1000 ha, in 1994.

Eastern Asia ranks 13th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 163.62 1000 ha 160.3 1000 ha 172.08 1000 ha 8
2000s 191.17 1000 ha 175.18 1000 ha 208.27 1000 ha 10
2010s 224.78 1000 ha 209.89 1000 ha 245.15 1000 ha 10
2020s 246.5 1000 ha 245.16 1000 ha 247.74 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Eastern Asia

  1. 10 Brazil 594.58 1000 ha compare
  2. 11 Caribbean 589.67 1000 ha compare
  3. 12 Mozambique 511.76 1000 ha compare
  4. 13 Myanmar 491.13 1000 ha compare
  5. 14 Bangladesh 471.83 1000 ha compare
  6. 15 Guinea-Bissau 441.7 1000 ha compare
  7. 16 India 438.37 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 Eastern Asia?
Mangroves — area from cci_lc in Eastern Asia was 247.74 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 Eastern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 247.74 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest mangroves — area from cci_lc recorded in Eastern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 160.3 1000 ha in 1994.
How does Eastern Asia rank for mangroves — area from cci_lc?
Eastern Asia ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is mangroves — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eastern Asia 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.