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Mangrove change since 1996

How much mangrove there is in Zimbabwe 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.

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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 country
Countries 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
CountrySub-region1996 (ha)2025 (ha)Change (ha)Change
NigeriaWestern Africa 843,044810,792 −32,253 −3.8%
MozambiqueEastern Africa 324,693311,268 −13,425 −4.1%
Guinea-BissauWestern Africa 277,700295,115 +17,415 +6.3%
MadagascarEastern Africa 287,462267,501 −19,961 −6.9%
GuineaWestern Africa 237,854223,589 −14,264 −6.0%
CameroonMiddle Africa 223,671207,758 −15,913 −7.1%
GabonMiddle Africa 192,088193,598 +1,510 +0.8%
SenegalWestern Africa 122,084162,077 +39,992 +32.8%
Sierra LeoneWestern Africa 152,505142,077 −10,428 −6.8%
TanzaniaEastern Africa 114,277113,237 −1,040 −0.9%
The GambiaWestern Africa 62,77671,236 +8,459 +13.5%
KenyaEastern Africa 52,35453,174 +820 +1.6%
AngolaMiddle Africa 26,01029,215 +3,205 +12.3%
Equatorial GuineaMiddle Africa 27,93225,052 −2,880 −10.3%
LiberiaWestern Africa 19,94519,355 −590 −3.0%
Democratic Republic of the CongoMiddle Africa 19,69819,354 −344 −1.7%
GhanaWestern Africa 5,9097,966 +2,057 +34.8%
Côte d'IvoireWestern Africa 8,7317,769 −962 −11.0%
EritreaEastern Africa 6,5247,319 +795 +12.2%
SomaliaEastern Africa 3,6193,745 +126 +3.5%
Republic of the CongoMiddle Africa 2,5903,084 +494 +19.1%
South AfricaSouthern Africa 1,8342,072 +238 +13.0%
BeninWestern Africa 2,2311,960 −271 −12.1%
SeychellesEastern Africa 1,5941,691 +97 +6.1%
SudanNorthern Africa 361572 +211 +58.5%
DjiboutiEastern Africa 502548 +46 +9.2%
MauritiusEastern Africa 300445 +145 +48.2%
MauritaniaWestern Africa 38230 +193 +511.7%
EgyptNorthern Africa 166226 +60 +36.3%
ComorosEastern Africa 138123 −15 −10.7%
São Tomé and PrincipeMiddle Africa 6565 −1 −1.4%
TogoWestern Africa 1828 +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.
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