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Southern Benin Mangrove Resilience Project

Mangrove conservation · Benin

Mangrove extent

Annual estimates from Global Mangrove Watch, 1985–2025.

Estimated extent in 2025: 1,915.7 ha
95% bounds: 1,786.8–2,099.6 ha

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Annual mangrove extent estimates for Benin
Year	Estimated extent (ha)	95% lower bound (ha)	95% upper bound (ha)
1985	2,074.1	1,934.5	2,273.2
1986	2,075.8	1,936.1	2,275
1987	2,083.2	1,943	2,283.2
1988	2,087.7	1,947.2	2,288.1
1989	2,174.9	2,028.5	2,383.6
1990	2,256.9	2,105	2,473.5
1991	2,259.7	2,107.6	2,476.6
1992	2,257	2,105.1	2,473.7
1993	2,247	2,095.7	2,462.7
1994	2,183.6	2,036.7	2,393.3
1995	2,178.5	2,031.9	2,387.6
1996	2,180.4	2,033.7	2,389.7
1997	2,190.8	2,043.3	2,401.1
1998	2,211.6	2,062.8	2,423.9
1999	2,188.8	2,041.5	2,399
2000	2,243.7	2,092.7	2,459.1
2001	2,271.1	2,118.2	2,489.1
2002	2,277.9	2,124.6	2,496.5
2003	2,284.8	2,131	2,504.2
2004	2,325	2,168.5	2,548.2
2005	2,332.8	2,175.8	2,556.8
2006	2,299.9	2,145.1	2,520.7
2007	2,302	2,147.1	2,523
2008	2,351.9	2,193.6	2,577.6
2009	2,456.1	2,290.8	2,691.9
2010	2,485.4	2,318.1	2,723.9
2011	2,463.6	2,297.8	2,700.1
2012	2,420.2	2,257.3	2,652.6
2013	2,358.5	2,199.7	2,584.9
2014	2,332.5	2,175.5	2,556.4
2015	2,344.5	2,186.7	2,569.5
2016	2,351.5	2,193.3	2,577.3
2017	2,385.4	2,224.8	2,614.4
2018	2,401.8	2,240.2	2,632.4
2019	2,230.9	2,080.7	2,445
2020	2,148.9	2,004.3	2,355.2
2021	2,024.5	1,888.3	2,218.9
2022	2,011.5	1,876.1	2,204.6
2023	1,954.1	1,822.6	2,141.7
2024	1,924	1,794.5	2,108.7
2025	1,915.7	1,786.8	2,099.6

The publisher adjusted estimates for global classification accuracy. Earlier years include infilling where satellite imagery was sparse. Accuracy varies by place and year. Figures are shown to at most one decimal place.

Bunting, Hilarides, A. Rosenqvist, Oakes, Castro Brandão Vaz dos Santos, Worthington, J. Rosenqvist, Zanaga, Van De Kerchove, Tadono and Kobayashi (2026). Global Mangrove Watch: Timeseries of Mangrove Extent (v4.1.12). Zenodo. (opens another site) CC BY 4.0 (opens another site)