Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 16.05 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
16.05 1000 ha
Change on year
up 9.0%
World rank
70th
of 240 countries
All-time high
18.38 1000 ha
in 2012
All-time low
13.29 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Puerto Rico, 2001–2024

051015202001201220242001: 17.8 1000 ha2002: 13.9 1000 ha2003: 13.3 1000 ha2004: 14.2 1000 ha2005: 14.2 1000 ha2006: 14.9 1000 ha2007: 15.2 1000 ha2008: 15.8 1000 ha2009: 16.2 1000 ha2010: 17.5 1000 ha2011: 18.2 1000 ha2012: 18.4 1000 ha2013: 17.6 1000 ha2014: 17.2 1000 ha2015: 15.5 1000 ha2016: 15.4 1000 ha2017: 14.7 1000 ha2018: 13.8 1000 ha2019: 13.3 1000 ha2020: 13.9 1000 ha2021: 13.9 1000 ha2022: 14.4 1000 ha2023: 14.7 1000 ha2024: 16.1 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2024, mangroves — area from modis in Puerto Rico stood at 16.05 1000 ha.

The figure is up 9.0% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Puerto Rico peaked at 18.38 1000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 13.29 1000 ha, in 2019.

That places Puerto Rico 70th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 15.05 1000 ha 13.31 1000 ha 17.76 1000 ha 9
2010s 16.16 1000 ha 13.29 1000 ha 18.38 1000 ha 10
2020s 14.59 1000 ha 13.87 1000 ha 16.05 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 67 Jamaica 17.8 1000 ha compare
  2. 68 Guatemala 17.77 1000 ha compare
  3. 69 Brunei Darussalam 16.88 1000 ha compare
  4. 71 Trinidad and Tobago 15.26 1000 ha compare
  5. 72 Palau 12.23 1000 ha compare
  6. 73 Northern Mariana Islands 11.81 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is mangroves — area from modis in Puerto Rico?
Mangroves — area from modis in Puerto Rico was 16.05 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 18.38 1000 ha in 2012.
What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 13.29 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Puerto Rico rank for mangroves — area from modis?
Puerto Rico ranks 70th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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.