Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Samoa
Samoa: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 6.24 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Samoa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for mangroves — area from modis in Samoa is 6.24 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 4.0% on the previous year and down 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Samoa peaked at 19.61 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 6.24 1000 ha, in 2024.
Samoa ranks 75th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Samoa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 19.61 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 11.14 1000 ha | -43.2% |
| 2003 | 9.73 1000 ha | -12.7% |
| 2004 | 8.34 1000 ha | -14.3% |
| 2005 | 8.77 1000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 9.11 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 9.24 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 9.52 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 9.88 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 9.9 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 8.7 1000 ha | -12.1% |
| 2012 | 8.04 1000 ha | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 7.89 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 8.02 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 7.61 1000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 7.44 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 7.21 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 6.91 1000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 6.57 1000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 6.63 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 6.78 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 6.97 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 6.5 1000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 6.24 1000 ha | -4.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 6.24 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.33 1000 ha, 1.4× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 6.24 1000 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 54.46 1000 ha, 11% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Samoa 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 | -43.2% | 19.61 1000 ha | 11.14 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.59 1000 ha | 8.34 1000 ha | 19.61 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 7.83 1000 ha | 6.57 1000 ha | 9.9 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.62 1000 ha | 6.24 1000 ha | 6.97 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 72 Comoros 7.55 1000 ha compare
- 72 Egypt 7.55 1000 ha compare
- 74 Kiribati 6.39 1000 ha compare
- 76 British Virgin Islands 5.99 1000 ha compare
- 77 China, Hong Kong SAR 5.7 1000 ha compare
- 78 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.69 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Samoa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3482 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.3183 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.23 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.919 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.68 % 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 -2.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in Samoa?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Samoa was 6.24 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 19.61 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.24 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Samoa rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Samoa ranks 75th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa 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.