Table 9 Mangrove extent, average carbon stock per hectare, and accumulated carbon storage across different climatic zones.

From: Mapping accumulated carbon storage of global mangroves from 2000 to 2020 at a 1 km resolution

Climate zone

2000

2020

Area (ha)

Mean (Mg/ha)

Sum (Mt)

Area (ha)

Mean (Mg/ha)

Sum (Mt)

Tropical wet

1.0 × 108

679

6791

9.9 × 107

706

6989

Tropical dry

1.7 × 107

365

626

1.5 × 107

467

700

Subtropical

2.0 × 107

318

634

1.7 × 107

960

1641