Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Congo
Congo: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 159.81 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Congo, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Congo recorded 159.81 1000 ha for mangroves — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.7% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Congo peaked at 319.53 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 144.21 1000 ha, in 2019.
That places Congo 36th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 179.08 1000 ha | 148.67 1000 ha | 319.53 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 155.21 1000 ha | 144.21 1000 ha | 167.39 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 158.08 1000 ha | 147.92 1000 ha | 171.32 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 33 Madagascar 182.73 1000 ha compare
- 34 Sudan (former) 180.27 1000 ha compare
- 35 Panama 180.05 1000 ha compare
- 37 Nicaragua 158.84 1000 ha compare
- 38 United Republic of Tanzania 156.7 1000 ha compare
- 39 Solomon Islands 142.43 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Congo
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.31 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 2 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 50 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 29.28 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 93.87 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 10,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.96 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 102.51 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 5.16 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 550 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in Congo?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Congo was 159.81 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 319.53 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 144.21 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Congo rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Congo ranks 36th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo 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.