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

Latest (2024)
10.02 1000 ha
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
76th
of 240 countries
All-time high
24.52 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
8.03 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Mangroves — Area from MODIS in China, Taiwan Province of, 2001–2024

101520252001201220242001: 24.5 1000 ha2002: 12.4 1000 ha2003: 10.7 1000 ha2004: 9 1000 ha2005: 8.2 1000 ha2006: 8.4 1000 ha2007: 8.3 1000 ha2008: 8.5 1000 ha2009: 8.6 1000 ha2010: 9 1000 ha2011: 9.2 1000 ha2012: 9.5 1000 ha2013: 8.8 1000 ha2014: 8.3 1000 ha2015: 8.1 1000 ha2016: 8.4 1000 ha2017: 8.1 1000 ha2018: 8.7 1000 ha2019: 8 1000 ha2020: 8.4 1000 ha2021: 8.9 1000 ha2022: 11 1000 ha2023: 9.8 1000 ha2024: 10 1000 ha

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 76th of 240 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 73 Northern Mariana Islands 11.81 1000 ha compare
  2. 74 Ghana 10.99 1000 ha compare
  3. 75 Seychelles 10.05 1000 ha compare
  4. 77 Cayman Islands 9.89 1000 ha compare
  5. 78 Mauritius 9.61 1000 ha compare
  6. 79 Timor-Leste 9 1000 ha compare

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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 76th out of 240 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

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.