Mangroves — Area from MODIS in French Guiana
French Guiana: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 72.54 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in French Guiana, 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 French Guiana is 72.54 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in French Guiana peaked at 139.79 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 72.54 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places French Guiana 39th out of 223 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.
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in French Guiana, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 139.79 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 98.42 1000 ha | -29.6% |
| 2003 | 88.44 1000 ha | -10.1% |
| 2004 | 82.6 1000 ha | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 78.26 1000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 77.11 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 78.22 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 78.67 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 78.52 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 77.43 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 77.2 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 78.48 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 76.92 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 78.54 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 79.44 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 81.94 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 80.49 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 80.96 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 80.94 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 81.06 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 80.76 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 76.15 1000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2023 | 73.5 1000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 72.54 1000 ha | -1.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mangroves — Area from MODIS in French Guiana 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 | -29.6% | 139.79 1000 ha | 98.42 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 88.89 1000 ha | 77.11 1000 ha | 139.79 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 79.23 1000 ha | 76.92 1000 ha | 81.94 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.8 1000 ha | 72.54 1000 ha | 81.06 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near French Guiana
More environment data for French Guiana
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.45 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.218 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.71 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 3.44 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 935 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.64 g/Int$ (2005)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 400 t (2001)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 823 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in French Guiana?
- Mangroves — area from modis in French Guiana was 72.54 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in French Guiana?
- The highest recorded value was 139.79 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in French Guiana?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.54 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does French Guiana rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- French Guiana ranks 39th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in French Guiana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this French Guiana 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.