Units: Square kilometers
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| Coastal and Marine Ecosystems — Forest Extent: Mangrove forest area Units: Square kilometers |
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| World | ||
| World | 181,077.0 | |
| 1997 | ||
| Region/Classification | ||
| Asia (excluding Middle East) | 75,172.8 | |
| Central America & Caribbean | 22,759.5 | |
| Middle East & North Africa | 1,492.0 | |
| North America | 1,990.0 | |
| Oceania | 18,788.0 | |
| South America | 24,084.0 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 36,512.3 | |
| Developed Countries | 13,792.0 | |
| Developing Countries | 167,006.6 | |
| ISO | 1997 | |
| Country | ||
| Angola | AGO | 1,250.0 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | ATG | 13.2 |
| Aruba | ABW | 4.2 |
| Australia | AUS | 11,500.0 |
| Bahamas | BHS | 2,332.0 |
| Bahrain | BHR | 1.0 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | 5,767.0 |
| Barbados | BRB | < 0.1 |
| Belize | BLZ | 719.0 |
| Benin | BEN | 17.0 |
| Bermuda | BMU | 0.1 |
| Brazil | BRA | 13,400.0 |
| Brunei Darussalam | BRN | 171.0 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 851.0 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 2,494.0 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CIV | 644.0 |
| China | CHN | 366.0 |
| Colombia | COL | 3,659.0 |
| Comoros | COM | 26.2 |
| Congo | COG | 120.0 |
| Congo, Dem Rep | COD | 226.0 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 370.0 |
| Cuba | CUB | 7,848.0 |
| Djibouti | DJI | 10.0 |
| Dominica | DMA | 1.6 |
| Dominican Rep | DOM | 325.0 |
| Ecuador | ECU | 2,469.0 |
| Egypt {1} | EGY | 861.0 |
| El Salvador | SLV | 268.0 |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 277.0 |
| Eritrea {2} | ERI | 581.0 |
| Fiji | FJI | 385.0 |
| French Guiana {3} | GUF | 55.0 |
| Gabon | GAB | 2,500.0 |
| Gambia | GMB | 497.0 |
| Ghana | GHA | 100.0 |
| Grenada | GRD | 2.4 |
| Guadeloupe | GLP | 39.8 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 161.0 |
| Guinea | GIN | 2,963.0 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 2,484.0 |
| Guyana | GUY | 800.0 |
| Haiti | HTI | 134.0 |
| Honduras | HND | 1,458.0 |
| Hong Kong | HKG | 2.8 |
| India | IND | 6,700.0 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 42,550.0 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep | IRN | 207.0 |
| Jamaica | JAM | 106.0 |
| Japan | JPN | 4.0 |
| Kenya | KEN | 530.0 |
| Liberia | LBR | 190.0 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 3,403.0 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 6,424.0 |
| Martinique | MTQ | 15.9 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 1.0 |
| Mexico | MEX | 5,315.0 |
| Micronesia, Fed States | FSM | 86.0 |
| Mozambique {4} | MOZ | 925.0 |
| Myanmar | MMR | 3,786.0 |
| Netherlands Antilles | ANT | 11.4 |
| New Caledonia | NCL | 456.0 |
| New Zealand | NZL | 287.0 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 1,718.0 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 10,515.0 |
| Oman | OMN | 20.0 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 1,683.0 |
| Panama | PAN | 1,814.0 |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | 5,399.0 |
| Peru | PER | 51.0 |
| Philippines | PHL | 1,607.0 |
| Puerto Rico | PRI | 92.0 |
| Qatar | QAT | < 5.0 |
| Samoa | WSM | 7.0 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | 292.0 |
| Senegal | SEN | 1,853.0 |
| Seychelles | SYC | 29.0 |
| Sierra Leone | SLE | 1,838.0 |
| Singapore | SGP | 6.0 |
| Solomon Islands | SLB | 642.0 |
| Somalia {5} | SOM | 910.0 |
| South Africa {6} | ZAF | 11.0 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 89.0 |
| St. Lucia | LCA | 1.3 |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines | VCT | < 0.5 |
| Sudan {7} | SDN | 937.0 |
| Suriname | SUR | 1,150.0 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 1,155.0 |
| Thailand | THA | 2,641.0 |
| Togo | TGO | 26.0 |
| Tonga | TON | 10.0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | < 70.0 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | 30.0 |
| United States | USA | 1,990.0 |
| Vanuatu | VUT | 16.0 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 2,500.0 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | 2,525.0 |
| Virgin Islands | VIR | 9.8 |
| Yemen | YEM | 81.0 |
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| Footnotes |
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| 1 - Egypt |
| These figures were not calculated by WCMC using a Geographic Information System. They are estimates based on other sources. Readers are encouraged to refer to the original source for details on these estimates. |
| 2 - Eritrea |
| These figures were not calculated by WCMC using a Geographic Information System. They are estimates based on other sources. Readers are encouraged to refer to the original source for details on these estimates. |
| 3 - French Guiana |
| These figures were not calculated by WCMC using a Geographic Information System. They are estimates based on other sources. Readers are encouraged to refer to the original source for details on these estimates. |
| 4 - Mozambique |
| These figures were not calculated by WCMC using a Geographic Information System. They are estimates based on other sources. Readers are encouraged to refer to the original source for details on these estimates. |
| 5 - Somalia |
| These figures were not calculated by WCMC using a Geographic Information System. They are estimates based on other sources. Readers are encouraged to refer to the original source for details on these estimates. |
| 6 - South Africa |
| These figures were not calculated by WCMC using a Geographic Information System. They are estimates based on other sources. Readers are encouraged to refer to the original source for details on these estimates. |
| 7 - Sudan |
| These figures were not calculated by WCMC using a Geographic Information System. They are estimates based on other sources. Readers are encouraged to refer to the original source for details on these estimates. |
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| Source: Spalding, M., F. Blasco, and C. Field (Eds.). "World Mangrove Atlas", The International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems (ISME), Okinawa, Japan, 1997. |
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