Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Americas

Americas: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 10,302 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
10,302 1000 ha
Change on year
down 4.4%
Rank
2nd
of 29 groups
All-time high
19,842 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
10,302 1000 ha
in 2024
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Americas, 2001–2024

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k2001201220242001: 19.8k 1000 ha2002: 13.4k 1000 ha2003: 11.9k 1000 ha2004: 11.3k 1000 ha2005: 10.9k 1000 ha2006: 11.0k 1000 ha2007: 11.1k 1000 ha2008: 11.6k 1000 ha2009: 11.6k 1000 ha2010: 11.6k 1000 ha2011: 11.6k 1000 ha2012: 11.5k 1000 ha2013: 11.4k 1000 ha2014: 11.3k 1000 ha2015: 11.1k 1000 ha2016: 10.7k 1000 ha2017: 10.7k 1000 ha2018: 10.8k 1000 ha2019: 10.8k 1000 ha2020: 10.7k 1000 ha2021: 10.7k 1000 ha2022: 11.0k 1000 ha2023: 10.8k 1000 ha2024: 10.3k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for mangroves — area from modis in Americas is 10,302 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of down 4.4% on the previous year and down 9.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Americas peaked at 19,842 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 10,302 1000 ha, in 2024.

Americas ranks 2nd of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 12,500 1000 ha 10,902 1000 ha 19,842 1000 ha 9
2010s 11,147 1000 ha 10,659 1000 ha 11,635 1000 ha 10
2020s 10,691 1000 ha 10,302 1000 ha 10,981 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 1 Indonesia 5,114 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Brazil 3,717 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 Melanesia 1,763 1000 ha compare
  4. 4 Papua New Guinea 1,403 1000 ha compare
  5. 5 Australia and New Zealand 1,200 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is mangroves — area from modis in Americas?
Mangroves — area from modis in Americas was 10,302 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Americas?
The highest recorded value was 19,842 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 10,302 1000 ha in 2024.
How does Americas rank for mangroves — area from modis?
Americas ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Americas?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Americas 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

Indicator
Mangroves — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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.