Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Honduras

Honduras: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 96.29 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
96.29 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
43rd
of 240 countries
All-time high
141.83 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
92.76 1000 ha
in 2020
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Honduras, 2001–2024

0501001502001201220242001: 141.8 1000 ha2002: 110.6 1000 ha2003: 101.4 1000 ha2004: 99.3 1000 ha2005: 98.8 1000 ha2006: 102.2 1000 ha2007: 103.4 1000 ha2008: 106.2 1000 ha2009: 106.7 1000 ha2010: 107 1000 ha2011: 105.7 1000 ha2012: 105.7 1000 ha2013: 102.6 1000 ha2014: 101.1 1000 ha2015: 98.1 1000 ha2016: 96.3 1000 ha2017: 96.5 1000 ha2018: 96 1000 ha2019: 93.4 1000 ha2020: 92.8 1000 ha2021: 94 1000 ha2022: 99.4 1000 ha2023: 96.9 1000 ha2024: 96.3 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

In 2024, mangroves — area from modis in Honduras stood at 96.29 1000 ha.

The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Honduras peaked at 141.83 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 92.76 1000 ha, in 2020.

Honduras ranks 43rd of 240 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 107.81 1000 ha 98.75 1000 ha 141.83 1000 ha 9
2010s 100.25 1000 ha 93.44 1000 ha 107.03 1000 ha 10
2020s 95.87 1000 ha 92.76 1000 ha 99.43 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Honduras

  1. 40 Fiji 114.69 1000 ha compare
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  3. 42 Bahamas 106.16 1000 ha compare
  4. 44 Polynesia 88.39 1000 ha compare
  5. 45 Guyana 86.67 1000 ha compare
  6. 46 French Guiana 72.54 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is mangroves — area from modis in Honduras?
Mangroves — area from modis in Honduras was 96.29 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Honduras?
The highest recorded value was 141.83 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Honduras?
The lowest recorded value was 92.76 1000 ha in 2020.
How does Honduras rank for mangroves — area from modis?
Honduras ranks 43rd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Honduras?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Honduras 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.