Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 54.46 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Vanuatu, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 54.46 1000 ha for mangroves — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Vanuatu peaked at 143.62 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 52.43 1000 ha, in 2020.
That places Vanuatu 44th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 143.62 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 87.26 1000 ha | -39.2% |
| 2003 | 78.19 1000 ha | -10.4% |
| 2004 | 74.16 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 77.99 1000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 77.09 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 77.05 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 74.91 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 75.45 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 76 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 74.46 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 69.72 1000 ha | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 66.72 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 67.23 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 63.77 1000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 60.47 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 57.01 1000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 53.97 1000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 53.01 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 52.43 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 56.22 1000 ha | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 57.82 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 55.94 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 54.46 1000 ha | -2.6% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 54.46 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.39 1000 ha, 8.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 54.46 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 54.46 1000 ha, 1.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Vanuatu changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -39.2% | 143.62 1000 ha | 87.26 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 85.08 1000 ha | 74.16 1000 ha | 143.62 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 64.24 1000 ha | 53.01 1000 ha | 76 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.37 1000 ha | 52.43 1000 ha | 57.82 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 41 Costa Rica 68.17 1000 ha compare
- 42 Belize 67.97 1000 ha compare
- 43 Cambodia 66.22 1000 ha compare
- 45 New Caledonia 48.74 1000 ha compare
- 46 Kenya 46.52 1000 ha compare
- 47 French Polynesia 39.65 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Vanuatu
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.225 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.53 % 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 -2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in Vanuatu?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Vanuatu was 54.46 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 143.62 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.43 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Vanuatu rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Vanuatu ranks 44th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.