Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Africa
Africa: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 4,503 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, mangroves — area from modis in Africa stood at 4,503 1000 ha.
That represents a change of down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Africa peaked at 6,993 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 4,317 1000 ha, in 2019.
That places Africa 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6,993 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 5,238 1000 ha | -25.1% |
| 2003 | 4,853 1000 ha | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 4,686 1000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 4,663 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 4,688 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 4,694 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 4,767 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 4,825 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 4,915 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 4,889 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 4,675 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 4,659 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 4,626 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 4,557 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 4,466 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 4,354 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 4,346 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 4,317 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 4,352 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 4,326 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 4,429 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 4,505 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 4,503 1000 ha | -0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -25.1% | 6,993 1000 ha | 5,238 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,045 1000 ha | 4,663 1000 ha | 6,993 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 4,580 1000 ha | 4,317 1000 ha | 4,915 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,423 1000 ha | 4,326 1000 ha | 4,505 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 2 Brazil 3,717 1000 ha compare
- 3 Papua New Guinea 1,403 1000 ha compare
- 3 Melanesia 1,763 1000 ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,095 1000 ha compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 1,200 1000 ha compare
- 5 Nigeria 1,147 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 487.34 1000 ha compare
- 6 Philippines 970.67 1000 ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 406.35 1000 ha compare
- 7 Australia 891.34 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 156.7 1000 ha compare
- 8 Bangladesh 714.42 1000 ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 88.39 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.213 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 5.54 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 32.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 714,851 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 3.78 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 182,147 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in Africa?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Africa was 4,503 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6,993 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,317 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Africa rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Africa ranks 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Mangroves — Area from MODIS. 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.