French Polynesia vs New Caledonia: Change in total mangrove area

French Polynesia
2.4%
in 2020
New Caledonia
1.2%
in 2020
French Polynesia rank
9th
New Caledonia rank
12th

Change in total mangrove area over time

  • French Polynesia
  • New Caledonia
-2-1012200720132020

How they compare

French Polynesia currently reports 2.4% against 1.2% in New Caledonia, a difference of 1.2%.

That makes French Polynesia's figure about 2.0 times New Caledonia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2007 it was French Polynesia ahead.

French Polynesia ranks 9th and New Caledonia ranks 12th of 116 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Change in total mangrove area
Unit
%
Source
UN Environment Programme – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
116 places, 1,160 data points, 2007–2020
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Mangrove total area change (%)