Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 158.84 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Nicaragua, 2001–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 158.84 1000 ha for mangroves — area from modis in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Nicaragua peaked at 219.6 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 151.57 1000 ha, in 2016.
That places Nicaragua 32nd out of 223 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 219.6 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 167.97 1000 ha | -23.5% |
| 2003 | 155.81 1000 ha | -7.2% |
| 2004 | 155.34 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 156.85 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 160.17 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 160.19 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 160.3 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 160.51 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 163.35 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 166.9 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 167.76 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 160.75 1000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 156.53 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 153.56 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 151.57 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 155.17 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 156.38 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 155.94 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 155.44 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 154.03 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 158.84 1000 ha | +3.1% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 158.84 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.39 1000 ha, 24.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 158.84 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 17.77 1000 ha, 8.9× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 166.3 1000 ha | 155.34 1000 ha | 219.6 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 158.79 1000 ha | 151.57 1000 ha | 167.76 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 156.1 1000 ha | 154.03 1000 ha | 158.84 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
More environment data for Nicaragua
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 4.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Standard Deviation 0.243 °C (2024)
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.04 % 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 -0.0474 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in Nicaragua?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Nicaragua was 158.84 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 219.6 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 151.57 1000 ha in 2016.
- How does Nicaragua rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Nicaragua ranks 32nd out of 223 countries with data for 2022.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.