Mangrove total area change in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Mangrove total area change was 0.8% in 2020. βΌ Falling
Latest (2020)
0.8%
Change on year
up 34.2%
World rank
15th
of 117 countries
All-time high
1.0%
in 2007
All-time low
0.2%
in 2017
Years of data
10
2007β2020
Mangrove total area change in Bangladesh, 2007β2020
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 0.8% for mangrove total area change in 2020.
The figure is up 34.2% on the previous year and up 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangrove total area change in Bangladesh peaked at 1.0% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2017.
Bangladesh ranks 15th of 117 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 12 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.2% compare
- 13 Antigua and Barbuda 1.0% compare
- 14 Martinique 1.0% compare
- 16 Guam 0.7% compare
- 17 Fiji 0.5% compare
- 18 Palau 0.5% compare
More development goals data for Bangladesh
- Red List Index 0.8126 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 16.68 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 634.63 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 33 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 33 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 33 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 48 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 48 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 51 (2025)
- Infant deaths 84,684 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangrove total area change in Bangladesh?
- Mangrove total area change in Bangladesh was 0.8% in 2020, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest mangrove total area change recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2007.
- What is the lowest mangrove total area change recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2017.
- How does Bangladesh rank for mangrove total area change?
- Bangladesh ranks 15th out of 117 countries with data for 2020.
- Is mangrove total area change rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Mangrove total area change (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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