Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 1,403 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Papua New Guinea, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, mangroves — area from modis in Papua New Guinea stood at 1,403 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Papua New Guinea peaked at 2,316 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,381 1000 ha, in 2019.
That places Papua New Guinea 3rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,316 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,591 1000 ha | -31.3% |
| 2003 | 1,455 1000 ha | -8.5% |
| 2004 | 1,392 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 1,396 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,418 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 1,432 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 1,452 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 1,453 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,499 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 1,507 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 1,493 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 1,461 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 1,456 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,409 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 1,402 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,423 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1,408 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 1,381 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 1,394 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 1,433 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 1,439 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,415 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 1,403 1000 ha | -0.9% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 1,403 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.39 1000 ha, 219.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 1,403 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 54.46 1000 ha, 25.8× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Papua New Guinea 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 | -31.3% | 2,316 1000 ha | 1,591 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,545 1000 ha | 1,392 1000 ha | 2,316 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,444 1000 ha | 1,381 1000 ha | 1,507 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,417 1000 ha | 1,394 1000 ha | 1,439 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 1 Indonesia 5,114 1000 ha compare
- 2 Brazil 3,717 1000 ha compare
- 3 Melanesia 1,763 1000 ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,095 1000 ha compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 1,200 1000 ha compare
- 5 Nigeria 1,147 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 487.34 1000 ha compare
- 6 Philippines 970.67 1000 ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 406.35 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Papua New Guinea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.56 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.183 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.834 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.9266 % 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 0.6032 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in Papua New Guinea?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Papua New Guinea was 1,403 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 2,316 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,381 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 3rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.