Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Asia
Asia: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 10,243 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Asia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, mangroves — area from modis in Asia stood at 10,243 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Asia peaked at 17,263 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 9,687 1000 ha, in 2016.
Asia ranks 1st of 20 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 17,263 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 11,827 1000 ha | -31.5% |
| 2003 | 10,791 1000 ha | -8.8% |
| 2004 | 10,403 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 10,342 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 10,400 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 10,405 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 10,730 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 10,831 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 11,038 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 10,933 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 10,728 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 10,488 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 10,158 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 9,810 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 9,687 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 9,868 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 9,924 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 9,688 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 9,778 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 10,007 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 10,514 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 10,351 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 10,243 1000 ha | -1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Asia 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 | -31.5% | 17,263 1000 ha | 11,827 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11,444 1000 ha | 10,342 1000 ha | 17,263 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 10,232 1000 ha | 9,687 1000 ha | 11,038 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,179 1000 ha | 9,778 1000 ha | 10,514 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 Indonesia 5,114 1000 ha compare
- 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
More environment data for Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.4646 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.83 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production 44.07 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 80.29 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 400.22 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 10.14 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 66.09 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in Asia?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Asia was 10,243 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 17,263 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,687 1000 ha in 2016.
- How does Asia rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Asia 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.