Mangrove total area change in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Mangrove total area change was -2.1% in 2020. βΌ Falling
Mangrove total area change in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2007β2020
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, mangrove total area change in Sub-Saharan Africa stood at -2.1%. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of down 27.7% on the previous year and down 84.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangrove total area change in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at -0.5% in 2007 and was at its lowest, -2.1%, in 2020.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 13th of 29 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -0.9% | -1.1% | -0.5% | 3 |
| 2010s | -1.5% | -1.7% | -1.2% | 6 |
| 2020s | -2.1% | -2.1% | -2.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
- 10 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.3% compare
- 11 New Zealand 2.0% compare
- 12 New Caledonia 1.2% compare
- 13 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.2% compare
- 14 Antigua and Barbuda 1.0% compare
- 15 Martinique 1.0% compare
- 16 Bangladesh 0.8% compare
More development goals data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Red List Index 0.8101 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 616 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 165.83 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 366 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 355 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 232 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 658 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 794 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 817 (2025)
- Infant deaths 1.89 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangrove total area change in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Mangrove total area change in Sub-Saharan Africa was -2.1% in 2020, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest mangrove total area change recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was -0.5% in 2007.
- What is the lowest mangrove total area change recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.1% in 2020.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for mangrove total area change?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 13th out of 29 regions with data for 2020.
- Is mangrove total area change rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 84.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa 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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