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Mangrove Change
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Mangrove change since 1996
How much mangrove there is in Togo and across Africa, from Global Mangrove Watch v4.1 maps (1996, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2025). Areas are recalculated from the map polygons in hectares; the dataset authors’ official annual figures (1985–2025) are shown for comparison.
Mangrove in 2025
28 ha
105 polygons
Mangrove in 1996
18 ha
77 polygons
Net change
+9 ha
+51.0% since 1996
Average per year
+0 ha
Net, over the whole period
Mangrove area by year, Togo
Hectares (our calculation, with the dataset authors’ official figure for comparison)
Net change between maps
Hectares gained (+) or lost (−) between consecutive epochs
Every year, 1985–2025
Official annual extent from the Global Mangrove Watch authorsAnnual mangrove area, Togo
Hectares, as published with the dataset (all 41 years)
Year by year
| Year | Area (ha) | Polygons | Change vs previous map | Official figure (ha) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 18 | 77 | — | 18 | 2.3% |
| 2000 | 17 | 76 | −2 | 17 | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 17 | 73 | +0 | 17 | 2.3% |
| 2010 | 19 | 74 | +2 | 18 | 2.3% |
| 2015 | 21 | 84 | +2 | 20 | 2.3% |
| 2020 | 25 | 95 | +5 | 25 | 2.3% |
| 2025 | 28 | 105 | +3 | 27 | 2.3% |
Previous version (Global Mangrove Watch v3.0)
Kept alongside v4.1 for more data points. Shown separately because the two versions use different methods, so their areas are not mixed in the change figures above.| Year | Area (ha) | Polygons | Official v3 figure (ha) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 11 | 33 | 53 |
| 2007 only in v3 | 9 | 39 | 44 |
| 2010 | 8 | 34 | 41 |
| 2015 | 8 | 29 | 41 |
| 2020 | 10 | 31 | 50 |
How to read this. These are net changes in total mapped area. Gains and losses can cancel each other out within a country, so real loss is larger than the net figure. The v4.1 official figures are published as a “corrected area” statistic and are about 2.3% lower than the hectares Atlas measures from the polygons, by the same amount in every country, so changes between years are unaffected. Global Mangrove Watch v4 maps are produced at about 30 m for the time series; treat very small year-to-year changes with caution.
All of Africa
Mangrove area in 1996 and 2025, by countryCountries with mangroves
32
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.