Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Philippines
Philippines: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 970.67 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Philippines, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, mangroves — area from modis in Philippines stood at 970.67 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Philippines peaked at 1,735 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 902.29 1000 ha, in 2019.
Philippines ranks 6th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Philippines, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,735 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,174 1000 ha | -32.3% |
| 2003 | 1,045 1000 ha | -11.0% |
| 2004 | 1,003 1000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 986.97 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 999.99 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 991.73 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 1,041 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 1,063 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 1,061 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 1,084 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 1,084 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,069 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 1,030 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 970.24 1000 ha | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 932.91 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 947.79 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 942.27 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 902.29 1000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 904.28 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 952 1000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 1,001 1000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 996.62 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 970.67 1000 ha | -2.6% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 970.67 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.33 1000 ha, 224.2× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 970.67 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 54.46 1000 ha, 17.8× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Philippines 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 | -32.3% | 1,735 1000 ha | 1,174 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,116 1000 ha | 986.97 1000 ha | 1,735 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,002 1000 ha | 902.29 1000 ha | 1,084 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 964.94 1000 ha | 904.28 1000 ha | 1,001 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
- 3 Papua New Guinea 1,403 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 Viet Nam 406.35 1000 ha compare
- 7 Australia 891.34 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 156.7 1000 ha compare
- 8 Bangladesh 714.42 1000 ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 88.39 1000 ha compare
- 9 Malaysia 703.84 1000 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 56.95 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Philippines
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 6.85 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 7.07 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.177 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.905 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -42.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.74 % 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 -2.01 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in Philippines?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Philippines was 970.67 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 1,735 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 902.29 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Philippines rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Philippines ranks 6th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Philippines 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.