Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 29.3 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Southern Africa, 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 Southern Africa is 29.3 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Southern Africa peaked at 53.44 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 19.28 1000 ha, in 2019.
Southern Africa ranks 16th of 26 groups 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 53.44 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 28.81 1000 ha | -46.1% |
| 2003 | 25.25 1000 ha | -12.4% |
| 2004 | 23.92 1000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 24.65 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 26.56 1000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 28 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 30.18 1000 ha | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 29.45 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 26.32 1000 ha | -10.6% |
| 2011 | 27.8 1000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 28.36 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 28.49 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 26.43 1000 ha | -7.2% |
| 2015 | 24.69 1000 ha | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 21.67 1000 ha | -12.2% |
| 2017 | 19.82 1000 ha | -8.5% |
| 2018 | 20.29 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 19.28 1000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 20.33 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 22.46 1000 ha | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 26.27 1000 ha | +17.0% |
| 2023 | 29.09 1000 ha | +10.7% |
| 2024 | 29.3 1000 ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.03 1000 ha | 23.92 1000 ha | 53.44 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 24.32 1000 ha | 19.28 1000 ha | 28.49 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.49 1000 ha | 20.33 1000 ha | 29.3 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 13 China, mainland 558.35 1000 ha compare
- 13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.32 1000 ha compare
- 13 Caribbean 787.98 1000 ha compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 1000 ha
- 14 Cuba 521.74 1000 ha compare
- 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 1000 ha
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 1000 ha
- 14 Republic of Moldova 0 1000 ha
- 14 Syrian Arab Republic 0 1000 ha
- 14 Türkiye 0 1000 ha
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 58.13 1000 ha compare
- 15 Myanmar 495.91 1000 ha compare
- 16 India 476.49 1000 ha compare
- 17 Peru 435.67 1000 ha compare
- 18 Cabo Verde 0 1000 ha
- 18 Thailand 413.11 1000 ha compare
- 19 New Zealand 308.27 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 7.61 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.282 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.892 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 770,000 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 27.42 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 17.80 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 17.26 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 161,260 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in Southern Africa?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Southern Africa was 29.3 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 53.44 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.28 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Southern Africa rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Southern Africa ranks 16th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.