Mangroves — Area from MODIS in El Salvador
El Salvador: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 37.53 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in El Salvador, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, mangroves — area from modis in El Salvador stood at 37.53 1000 ha.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in El Salvador peaked at 49.06 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 35.8 1000 ha, in 2013.
El Salvador ranks 48th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 49.06 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 39.78 1000 ha | -18.9% |
| 2003 | 38.58 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 37.57 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 37.64 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 37.96 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 36.38 1000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 36.91 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 37.19 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 38.11 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 37.32 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 36.87 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 35.8 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 36.5 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 37.92 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 38.37 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 38.04 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 37.72 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 37.51 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 37.68 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 38.24 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 38.26 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 37.66 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 37.53 1000 ha | -0.3% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 37.53 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.33 1000 ha, 8.7× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 37.53 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 17.77 1000 ha, 2.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 39.01 1000 ha | 36.38 1000 ha | 49.06 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 37.42 1000 ha | 35.8 1000 ha | 38.37 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.87 1000 ha | 37.53 1000 ha | 38.26 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 45 New Caledonia 48.74 1000 ha compare
- 46 Kenya 46.52 1000 ha compare
- 47 French Polynesia 39.65 1000 ha compare
- 49 Senegal 35.93 1000 ha compare
- 50 Equatorial Guinea 35.9 1000 ha compare
- 51 Dominican Republic 31.86 1000 ha compare
More environment data for El Salvador
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.31 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.58 % 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 0.0446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in El Salvador?
- Mangroves — area from modis in El Salvador was 37.53 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 49.06 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.8 1000 ha in 2013.
- How does El Salvador rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- El Salvador ranks 48th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.