Mangroves — Area from MODIS in World
World: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 28,157 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in World, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
World recorded 28,157 1000 ha for mangroves — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in World peaked at 49,285 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 27,707 1000 ha, in 2020.
That places World 1st out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in World, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 49,285 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 33,940 1000 ha | -31.1% |
| 2003 | 30,699 1000 ha | -9.5% |
| 2004 | 29,442 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 29,009 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 29,230 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 29,371 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 30,254 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 30,476 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 30,896 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 30,785 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 30,215 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 29,750 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 29,303 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 28,545 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 27,881 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 27,923 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 28,098 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 27,712 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 27,707 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 28,061 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 29,031 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 28,737 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 28,157 1000 ha | -2.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mangroves — Area from MODIS in World 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 | -31.1% | 49,285 1000 ha | 33,940 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32,412 1000 ha | 29,009 1000 ha | 49,285 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 29,111 1000 ha | 27,712 1000 ha | 30,896 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,339 1000 ha | 27,707 1000 ha | 29,031 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Indonesia 5,114 1000 ha compare
- 2 Brazil 3,717 1000 ha compare
- 3 Papua New Guinea 1,403 1000 ha compare
- 3 Melanesia 1,763 1000 ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,095 1000 ha compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 1,200 1000 ha compare
More environment data for World
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.5 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.208 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.88 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 4.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.27 % 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 0.2123 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in World?
- Mangroves — area from modis in World was 28,157 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 49,285 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,707 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does World rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- World ranks 1st out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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.