Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Northern America

Northern America: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 2,477 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
2,477 1000 ha
Change on year
down 1.6%
Rank
8th
of 29 groups
All-time high
6,369 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
2,222 1000 ha
in 2017
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Northern America, 2001–2024

2.0k3.0k4.0k5.0k6.0k2001201220242001: 6.4k 1000 ha2002: 3.5k 1000 ha2003: 3.0k 1000 ha2004: 2.8k 1000 ha2005: 2.7k 1000 ha2006: 2.6k 1000 ha2007: 2.6k 1000 ha2008: 2.7k 1000 ha2009: 2.8k 1000 ha2010: 2.8k 1000 ha2011: 2.7k 1000 ha2012: 2.6k 1000 ha2013: 2.5k 1000 ha2014: 2.4k 1000 ha2015: 2.3k 1000 ha2016: 2.3k 1000 ha2017: 2.2k 1000 ha2018: 2.3k 1000 ha2019: 2.3k 1000 ha2020: 2.4k 1000 ha2021: 2.4k 1000 ha2022: 2.5k 1000 ha2023: 2.5k 1000 ha2024: 2.5k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Northern America recorded 2,477 1000 ha for mangroves — area from modis in 2024.

That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Northern America peaked at 6,369 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2,222 1000 ha, in 2017.

Northern America ranks 8th of 29 groups 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 3,232 1000 ha 2,558 1000 ha 6,369 1000 ha 9
2010s 2,450 1000 ha 2,222 1000 ha 2,834 1000 ha 10
2020s 2,466 1000 ha 2,382 1000 ha 2,520 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 5 Australia and New Zealand 1,200 1000 ha compare
  2. 6 Nigeria 1,147 1000 ha compare
  3. 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,095 1000 ha compare
  4. 8 Philippines 970.67 1000 ha compare
  5. 9 Australia 891.34 1000 ha compare
  6. 10 Caribbean 787.98 1000 ha compare
  7. 11 Bangladesh 714.42 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is mangroves — area from modis in Northern America?
Mangroves — area from modis in Northern America was 2,477 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Northern America?
The highest recorded value was 6,369 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Northern America?
The lowest recorded value was 2,222 1000 ha in 2017.
How does Northern America rank for mangroves — area from modis?
Northern America ranks 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Northern America?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Northern America 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.