Mangroves — Area from MODIS in American Samoa
American Samoa: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 9.54 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in American Samoa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
American Samoa recorded 9.54 1000 ha for mangroves — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in American Samoa peaked at 15.53 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 9.37 1000 ha, in 2019.
American Samoa ranks 70th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in American Samoa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 15.53 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 13.41 1000 ha | -13.7% |
| 2003 | 13.05 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 12 1000 ha | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 11.59 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 11.23 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 11.21 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 11.38 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 11.27 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 11.53 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 11.34 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 11.01 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 10.67 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 10.71 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 10.52 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 10.33 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 10.09 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 9.67 1000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 9.37 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 9.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 10.01 1000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 9.94 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 9.69 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 9.54 1000 ha | -1.5% |
American Samoa compared with similar countries
- American Samoa's 9.54 1000 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 54.46 1000 ha, 18% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.3 1000 ha | 11.21 1000 ha | 15.53 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 10.52 1000 ha | 9.37 1000 ha | 11.53 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.71 1000 ha | 9.37 1000 ha | 10.01 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near American Samoa
- 67 China, Taiwan Province of 10.02 1000 ha compare
- 68 Cayman Islands 9.89 1000 ha compare
- 69 Mauritius 9.61 1000 ha compare
- 71 Guadeloupe 7.74 1000 ha compare
- 72 Comoros 7.55 1000 ha compare
- 72 Egypt 7.55 1000 ha compare
More environment data for American Samoa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.25 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1 °C (2025)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 1.26 % (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 62.07 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 0.99 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 36.67 % (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 40.9 1000 USD (2024)
- Total fisheries production 1,527 metric tons (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.17 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in American Samoa?
- Mangroves — area from modis in American Samoa was 9.54 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in American Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 15.53 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in American Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.37 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does American Samoa rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- American Samoa ranks 70th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in American Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this American Samoa 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.