Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Tonga
Tonga: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 25.38 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Tonga, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, mangroves — area from modis in Tonga stood at 25.38 1000 ha.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Tonga peaked at 37.94 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 24.7 1000 ha, in 2019.
Tonga ranks 53rd 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 Tonga, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 37.94 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 30.26 1000 ha | -20.2% |
| 2003 | 29.3 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 29.43 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 30.07 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 29.79 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 29.75 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 29.79 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 29.79 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 28.48 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 28.36 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 27.89 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 27.41 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 26.77 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 26.17 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 25.15 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 25.38 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 25.19 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 24.7 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 24.76 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 25.64 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 26.39 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 25.4 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 25.38 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 25.38 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.33 1000 ha, 5.9× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 25.38 1000 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 54.46 1000 ha, 47% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.68 1000 ha | 29.3 1000 ha | 37.94 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 26.55 1000 ha | 24.7 1000 ha | 28.48 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.51 1000 ha | 24.76 1000 ha | 26.39 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 50 Equatorial Guinea 35.9 1000 ha compare
- 51 Dominican Republic 31.86 1000 ha compare
- 52 South Africa 29.3 1000 ha compare
- 54 Haiti 24.93 1000 ha compare
- 55 Liberia 23.79 1000 ha compare
- 56 Angola 23.08 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Tonga
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.234 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.858 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.06 % 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 0.1689 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in Tonga?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Tonga was 25.38 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 37.94 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.7 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Tonga rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Tonga ranks 53rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga 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.