Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 2.67 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Antigua and Barbuda, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Antigua and Barbuda recorded 2.67 1000 ha for mangroves — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.6% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 3.4 1000 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1.56 1000 ha, in 2003.
That places Antigua and Barbuda 98th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.29 1000 ha | 1.56 1000 ha | 2.87 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2.77 1000 ha | 2.08 1000 ha | 3.4 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.36 1000 ha | 2.16 1000 ha | 2.67 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Antigua and Barbuda
- 95 Grenada 2.97 1000 ha compare
- 96 Sao Tome and Principe 2.93 1000 ha compare
- 97 Saint Lucia 2.82 1000 ha compare
- 99 Gambia 2.65 1000 ha compare
- 100 Dominica 2.46 1000 ha compare
- 101 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.32 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 7.26 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 0.38 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 9.08 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 43.03 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 13.94 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1.3 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 43.03 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.06 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Antigua and Barbuda was 2.67 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was 3.4 1000 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.56 1000 ha in 2003.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 98th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda 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.