Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 2.93 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Sao Tome and Principe, 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 Sao Tome and Principe is 2.93 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 6.15 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2.88 1000 ha, in 2021.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 96th 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.02 1000 ha | 3.36 1000 ha | 6.15 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.45 1000 ha | 2.99 1000 ha | 3.95 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.07 1000 ha | 2.88 1000 ha | 3.4 1000 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 16.96 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 7.34 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 1.04 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 2.26 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 88.7 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 39.26 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 9.04 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.18 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Sao Tome and Principe was 2.93 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 6.15 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.88 1000 ha in 2021.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 96th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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.