Mangroves — Area from MODIS in United States of America
United States of America: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 2,472 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in United States of America, 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 United States of America is 2,472 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in United States of America peaked at 6,366 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2,218 1000 ha, in 2017.
That places United States of America 8th out of 26 groups 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.
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in United States of America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6,366 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 3,537 1000 ha | -44.4% |
| 2003 | 3,037 1000 ha | -14.1% |
| 2004 | 2,833 1000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 2,687 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 2,597 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 2,554 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 2,673 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 2,772 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 2,830 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 2,716 1000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 2,582 1000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 2,535 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 2,424 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 2,335 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 2,262 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 2,218 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 2,253 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 2,303 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 2,378 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 2,430 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 2,515 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 2,512 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,472 1000 ha | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,228 1000 ha | 2,554 1000 ha | 6,366 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2,446 1000 ha | 2,218 1000 ha | 2,830 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,461 1000 ha | 2,378 1000 ha | 2,515 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
More environment data for United States of America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.306 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.76 °C (2025)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 8.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, annual growth rate 1.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 728,131 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate -4.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 434,660 1000 USD (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate -16.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 12.27 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in United States of America?
- Mangroves — area from modis in United States of America was 2,472 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 6,366 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,218 1000 ha in 2017.
- How does United States of America rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- United States of America ranks 8th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.