Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 5.69 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is 5.69 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines peaked at 6.67 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 4.32 1000 ha, in 2018.
That places Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 87th 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 | 5.28 1000 ha | 4.83 1000 ha | 6.67 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 4.85 1000 ha | 4.32 1000 ha | 5.58 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.28 1000 ha | 4.77 1000 ha | 5.73 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- 84 Samoa 6.24 1000 ha compare
- 85 British Virgin Islands 5.99 1000 ha compare
- 86 China, Hong Kong SAR 5.7 1000 ha compare
- 88 Martinique 5.15 1000 ha compare
- 89 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 4.85 1000 ha compare
- 90 Bermuda 4.66 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 9.56 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 0.48 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 5.14 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 28.57 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 2 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 42.86 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 3 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 28.57 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 2 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.05 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was 5.69 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The highest recorded value was 6.67 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.32 1000 ha in 2018.
- How does Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 87th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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.