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Mangrove Change
Detailed mangrove analysis is not available for Zambia yet. Here is what Atlas holds for it and what comes next.
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Mangrove change since 1996
How much mangrove there is in Rwanda and across Africa, from Global Mangrove Watch v4.1 maps (1996–2025). Areas are recalculated from the map polygons in hectares; the dataset authors’ official annual figures (1985–2025) are shown for comparison.
No time series for Rwanda yet
Global Mangrove Watch maps for several years are loaded for countries that have mangroves. Switch country in the header, or see the Africa table below.
All of Africa
Mangrove area in 1996 and 2025, by countryCountries with mangroves
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In the loaded maps
Mangrove in 2025
2,982,239 ha
Sum of the countries below
Mangrove in 1996
3,018,712 ha
Same countries
Net change
−1.2%
-36,473 ha
| Country | Sub-region | 1996 (ha) | 2025 (ha) | Change (ha) | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | Western Africa | 843,044 | 810,792 | −32,253 | −3.8% | |
| Mozambique | Eastern Africa | 324,693 | 311,268 | −13,425 | −4.1% | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Western Africa | 277,700 | 295,115 | +17,415 | +6.3% | |
| Madagascar | Eastern Africa | 287,462 | 267,501 | −19,961 | −6.9% | |
| Guinea | Western Africa | 237,854 | 223,589 | −14,264 | −6.0% | |
| Cameroon | Middle Africa | 223,671 | 207,758 | −15,913 | −7.1% | |
| Gabon | Middle Africa | 192,088 | 193,598 | +1,510 | +0.8% | |
| Senegal | Western Africa | 122,084 | 162,077 | +39,992 | +32.8% | |
| Sierra Leone | Western Africa | 152,505 | 142,077 | −10,428 | −6.8% | |
| Tanzania | Eastern Africa | 114,277 | 113,237 | −1,040 | −0.9% | |
| The Gambia | Western Africa | 62,776 | 71,236 | +8,459 | +13.5% | |
| Kenya | Eastern Africa | 52,354 | 53,174 | +820 | +1.6% | |
| Angola | Middle Africa | 26,010 | 29,215 | +3,205 | +12.3% | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Middle Africa | 27,932 | 25,052 | −2,880 | −10.3% | |
| Liberia | Western Africa | 19,945 | 19,355 | −590 | −3.0% | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Middle Africa | 19,698 | 19,354 | −344 | −1.7% | |
| Ghana | Western Africa | 5,909 | 7,966 | +2,057 | +34.8% | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Western Africa | 8,731 | 7,769 | −962 | −11.0% | |
| Eritrea | Eastern Africa | 6,524 | 7,319 | +795 | +12.2% | |
| Somalia | Eastern Africa | 3,619 | 3,745 | +126 | +3.5% | |
| Republic of the Congo | Middle Africa | 2,590 | 3,084 | +494 | +19.1% | |
| South Africa | Southern Africa | 1,834 | 2,072 | +238 | +13.0% | |
| Benin | Western Africa | 2,231 | 1,960 | −271 | −12.1% | |
| Seychelles | Eastern Africa | 1,594 | 1,691 | +97 | +6.1% | |
| Sudan | Northern Africa | 361 | 572 | +211 | +58.5% | |
| Djibouti | Eastern Africa | 502 | 548 | +46 | +9.2% | |
| Mauritius | Eastern Africa | 300 | 445 | +145 | +48.2% | |
| Mauritania | Western Africa | 38 | 230 | +193 | +511.7% | |
| Egypt | Northern Africa | 166 | 226 | +60 | +36.3% | |
| Comoros | Eastern Africa | 138 | 123 | −15 | −10.7% | |
| São Tomé and Principe | Middle Africa | 65 | 65 | −1 | −1.4% | |
| Togo | Western Africa | 18 | 28 | +9 | +51.0% |
Source: Global Mangrove Watch v4.1.12, CC BY 4.0, doi:10.5281/zenodo.21346456 (method: Bunting et al. 2022). Boundaries: Natural Earth.