Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Australia
Australia: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 891.34 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Australia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for mangroves — area from modis in Australia is 891.34 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Australia peaked at 1,351 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 752.1 1000 ha, in 2020.
That places Australia 7th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Australia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,351 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 885.77 1000 ha | -34.4% |
| 2003 | 787.22 1000 ha | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 783.97 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 774.83 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 792.74 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 797.26 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 832.91 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 846.75 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 898.34 1000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 932.8 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 922.37 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 897.23 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 876.8 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 832.62 1000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 796.17 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 797.71 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 797.55 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 759.66 1000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 752.1 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 777.93 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 852.56 1000 ha | +9.6% |
| 2023 | 866.24 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 891.34 1000 ha | +2.9% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 891.34 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 54.46 1000 ha, 16.4× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Australia 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 | -34.4% | 1,351 1000 ha | 885.77 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 872.53 1000 ha | 774.83 1000 ha | 1,351 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 851.12 1000 ha | 759.66 1000 ha | 932.8 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 828.03 1000 ha | 752.1 1000 ha | 891.34 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 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 United Republic of Tanzania 156.7 1000 ha compare
- 8 Bangladesh 714.42 1000 ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 88.39 1000 ha compare
- 9 Malaysia 703.84 1000 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 56.95 1000 ha compare
- 10 Colombia 654.02 1000 ha compare
- 10 Micronesia (Federated States of) 22.74 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Australia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6708 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0861 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in Australia?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Australia was 891.34 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,351 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 752.1 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Australia ranks 7th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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.