Mangrove total area change in Palau
Palau: Mangrove total area change was 0.5% in 2020. β² Rising
Mangrove total area change in Palau, 2007β2020
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Palau recorded 0.5% for mangrove total area change in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of down 37.5% on the previous year and down 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangrove total area change in Palau peaked at 1.3% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2020.
That places Palau 18th out of 117 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Palau
- 15 Bangladesh 0.8% compare
- 16 Guam 0.7% compare
- 17 Fiji 0.5% compare
- 19 Micronesia 0.4% compare
- 20 Timor-Leste 0.3% compare
- 21 Cameroon 0.3% compare
More development goals data for Palau
- Red List Index 0.8296 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 0 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 180.35 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 12 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 12 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 12 (2025)
- Infant deaths 4 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 2 (2024)
- Under-five deaths 4 (2024)
- Domestic material consumption, by type of raw material 161,714 tonnes (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangrove total area change in Palau?
- Mangrove total area change in Palau was 0.5% in 2020, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest mangrove total area change recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2018.
- What is the lowest mangrove total area change recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2020.
- How does Palau rank for mangrove total area change?
- Palau ranks 18th out of 117 countries with data for 2020.
- Is mangrove total area change rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palau 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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