Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 197.25 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Sierra Leone, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 197.25 1000 ha for mangroves — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Sierra Leone peaked at 285 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 193.66 1000 ha, in 2020.
Sierra Leone ranks 26th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 285 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 227.63 1000 ha | -20.1% |
| 2003 | 207 1000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 203.15 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 208.3 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 210.57 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 210.72 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 213.01 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 211.72 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 213.95 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 212.64 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 210.59 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 208.97 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 207.09 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 203.32 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 202.43 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 201.59 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 198.22 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 196.31 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 193.66 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 195.27 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 195.82 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 197.1 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 197.25 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 197.25 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.36 1000 ha, 547.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 219.68 1000 ha | 203.15 1000 ha | 285 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 205.51 1000 ha | 196.31 1000 ha | 213.95 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 195.82 1000 ha | 193.66 1000 ha | 197.25 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 23 Mozambique 249.49 1000 ha compare
- 24 Guinea 239.23 1000 ha compare
- 25 Guinea-Bissau 209.33 1000 ha compare
- 27 Japan 183.73 1000 ha compare
- 28 Madagascar 182.73 1000 ha compare
- 29 Sudan (former) 180.27 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Sierra Leone
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.232 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.72 % 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 1.11 % 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 Sierra Leone?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Sierra Leone was 197.25 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 285 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 193.66 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Sierra Leone ranks 26th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.