Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC in World

World: Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC was 20,591 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
20,591 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
1st
of 29 groups
All-time high
20,608 1000 ha
in 2016
All-time low
19,683 1000 ha
in 1994
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC in World, 1992–2022

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k1992200720221992: 19.7k 1000 ha1993: 19.7k 1000 ha1994: 19.7k 1000 ha1995: 19.8k 1000 ha1996: 19.9k 1000 ha1997: 19.9k 1000 ha1998: 19.9k 1000 ha1999: 20.0k 1000 ha2000: 20.0k 1000 ha2001: 20.1k 1000 ha2002: 20.1k 1000 ha2003: 20.2k 1000 ha2004: 20.2k 1000 ha2005: 20.3k 1000 ha2006: 20.3k 1000 ha2007: 20.4k 1000 ha2008: 20.5k 1000 ha2009: 20.5k 1000 ha2010: 20.5k 1000 ha2011: 20.5k 1000 ha2012: 20.5k 1000 ha2013: 20.5k 1000 ha2014: 20.6k 1000 ha2015: 20.6k 1000 ha2016: 20.6k 1000 ha2017: 20.6k 1000 ha2018: 20.6k 1000 ha2019: 20.6k 1000 ha2020: 20.6k 1000 ha2021: 20.6k 1000 ha2022: 20.6k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

World recorded 20,591 1000 ha for mangroves — area from cci_lc in 2022.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mangroves — area from cci_lc in World peaked at 20,608 1000 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 19,683 1000 ha, in 1994.

World ranks 1st of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 19,819 1000 ha 19,683 1000 ha 20,013 1000 ha 8
2000s 20,262 1000 ha 20,044 1000 ha 20,505 1000 ha 10
2010s 20,563 1000 ha 20,494 1000 ha 20,608 1000 ha 10
2020s 20,571 1000 ha 20,560 1000 ha 20,591 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near World

  1. 1 Indonesia 4,389 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Australia and New Zealand 2,755 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 Australia 2,727 1000 ha compare
  4. 4 Melanesia 1,059 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is mangroves — area from cci_lc in World?
Mangroves — area from cci_lc in World was 20,591 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 World?
The highest recorded value was 20,608 1000 ha in 2016.
What is the lowest mangroves — area from cci_lc recorded in World?
The lowest recorded value was 19,683 1000 ha in 1994.
How does World rank for mangroves — area from cci_lc?
World ranks 1st out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is mangroves — area from cci_lc rising or falling in World?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this World 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.