Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Africa

Southern Africa: Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC was 47.44 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
47.44 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.3%
Rank
16th
of 29 groups
All-time high
47.73 1000 ha
in 2016
All-time low
46.42 1000 ha
in 1992
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Africa, 1992–2022

010203040501992200720221992: 46.4 1000 ha1993: 46.4 1000 ha1994: 46.4 1000 ha1995: 46.5 1000 ha1996: 46.5 1000 ha1997: 46.5 1000 ha1998: 46.5 1000 ha1999: 46.7 1000 ha2000: 46.7 1000 ha2001: 46.8 1000 ha2002: 46.8 1000 ha2003: 47.1 1000 ha2004: 47.3 1000 ha2005: 47.4 1000 ha2006: 47.5 1000 ha2007: 47.5 1000 ha2008: 47.5 1000 ha2009: 47.6 1000 ha2010: 47.6 1000 ha2011: 47.6 1000 ha2012: 47.6 1000 ha2013: 47.6 1000 ha2014: 47.6 1000 ha2015: 47.6 1000 ha2016: 47.7 1000 ha2017: 47.7 1000 ha2018: 47.6 1000 ha2019: 47.6 1000 ha2020: 47.6 1000 ha2021: 47.6 1000 ha2022: 47.4 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2022, mangroves — area from cci_lc in Southern Africa stood at 47.44 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mangroves — area from cci_lc in Southern Africa peaked at 47.73 1000 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 46.42 1000 ha, in 1992.

Southern Africa ranks 16th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 46.48 1000 ha 46.42 1000 ha 46.68 1000 ha 8
2000s 47.21 1000 ha 46.67 1000 ha 47.59 1000 ha 10
2010s 47.63 1000 ha 47.56 1000 ha 47.73 1000 ha 10
2020s 47.52 1000 ha 47.44 1000 ha 47.56 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Southern Africa

  1. 13 Myanmar 491.13 1000 ha compare
  2. 14 Bangladesh 471.83 1000 ha compare
  3. 15 Guinea-Bissau 441.7 1000 ha compare
  4. 16 India 438.37 1000 ha compare
  5. 17 Cuba 423.57 1000 ha compare
  6. 18 Guinea 377.36 1000 ha compare
  7. 19 Colombia 373 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is mangroves — area from cci_lc in Southern Africa?
Mangroves — area from cci_lc in Southern Africa was 47.44 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 Southern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 47.73 1000 ha in 2016.
What is the lowest mangroves — area from cci_lc recorded in Southern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 46.42 1000 ha in 1992.
How does Southern Africa rank for mangroves — area from cci_lc?
Southern Africa ranks 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is mangroves — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Southern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Southern Africa 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.