Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 1,219 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Southern Asia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, mangroves — area from modis in Southern Asia stood at 1,219 1000 ha.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Southern Asia peaked at 1,459 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,174 1000 ha, in 2021.
Southern Asia ranks 11th 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 Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,459 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,236 1000 ha | -15.3% |
| 2003 | 1,185 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 1,191 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 1,228 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 1,257 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 1,273 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 1,317 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 1,304 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 1,301 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 1,305 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,257 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 1,230 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 1,192 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 1,194 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,204 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 1,209 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1,211 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,185 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 1,193 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 1,174 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 1,224 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 1,216 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 1,219 1000 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,272 1000 ha | 1,185 1000 ha | 1,459 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,229 1000 ha | 1,185 1000 ha | 1,305 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,205 1000 ha | 1,174 1000 ha | 1,224 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 8 Bangladesh 714.42 1000 ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 88.39 1000 ha compare
- 9 Malaysia 703.84 1000 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 56.95 1000 ha compare
- 10 Colombia 654.02 1000 ha compare
- 10 Micronesia (Federated States of) 22.74 1000 ha compare
- 11 Mexico 596.07 1000 ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 9 1000 ha compare
- 12 China 574.09 1000 ha compare
- 12 Wallis and Futuna Islands 4.32 1000 ha compare
- 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
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4009 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 24.03 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 18.27 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 44.63 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in Southern Asia?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Southern Asia was 1,219 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,459 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,174 1000 ha in 2021.
- How does Southern Asia rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Southern Asia ranks 11th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.