Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 20.2 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Sri Lanka, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 20.2 1000 ha for mangroves — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of up 7.6% on the previous year and up 39.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Sri Lanka peaked at 38.15 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 13.12 1000 ha, in 2019.
That places Sri Lanka 66th 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 | 17.79 1000 ha | 13.89 1000 ha | 38.15 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 14.74 1000 ha | 13.12 1000 ha | 16.57 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.69 1000 ha | 14.58 1000 ha | 20.2 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More environment data for Sri Lanka
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 24.72 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 637 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 375 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 7.11 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 14.58 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 440 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 39.94 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1,205 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 45.48 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1,372 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in Sri Lanka?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Sri Lanka was 20.2 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 38.15 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.12 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Sri Lanka ranks 66th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.