Mangroves — Area from MODIS in China, Taiwan Province of
China, Taiwan Province of: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 10.02 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in China, Taiwan Province of, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
China, Taiwan Province of recorded 10.02 1000 ha for mangroves — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in China, Taiwan Province of peaked at 24.52 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 8.03 1000 ha, in 2019.
China, Taiwan Province of ranks 67th 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 China, Taiwan Province of, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 24.52 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 12.36 1000 ha | -49.6% |
| 2003 | 10.69 1000 ha | -13.5% |
| 2004 | 8.97 1000 ha | -16.1% |
| 2005 | 8.24 1000 ha | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 8.44 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 8.27 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 8.46 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 8.59 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 9.02 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 9.25 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 9.53 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 8.84 1000 ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 8.35 1000 ha | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 8.07 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 8.39 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 8.07 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 8.67 1000 ha | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 8.03 1000 ha | -7.4% |
| 2020 | 8.37 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 8.95 1000 ha | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 10.99 1000 ha | +22.8% |
| 2023 | 9.81 1000 ha | -10.7% |
| 2024 | 10.02 1000 ha | +2.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mangroves — Area from MODIS in China, Taiwan Province of 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 | -49.6% | 24.52 1000 ha | 12.36 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.95 1000 ha | 8.24 1000 ha | 24.52 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 8.62 1000 ha | 8.03 1000 ha | 9.53 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.63 1000 ha | 8.37 1000 ha | 10.99 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, Taiwan Province of
- 64 Northern Mariana Islands 11.81 1000 ha compare
- 65 Ghana 10.99 1000 ha compare
- 66 Seychelles 10.05 1000 ha compare
- 68 Cayman Islands 9.89 1000 ha compare
- 69 Mauritius 9.61 1000 ha compare
- 70 American Samoa 9.54 1000 ha compare
More environment data for China, Taiwan Province of
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.342 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.31 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 21.94 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 372.36 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.03 ha/cap (2024)
- Arable land — Area 593.63 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 76.41 % (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 55 1000 ha (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 4,621 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Mangroves — area from modis in China, Taiwan Province of was 10.02 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
- The highest recorded value was 24.52 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.03 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does China, Taiwan Province of rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- China, Taiwan Province of ranks 67th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, Taiwan Province of 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.