Mamoudzou
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Mayotte air quality today The AQI right now, city by city
Airleaf measures 1 city in Mayotte. Mamoudzou reads AQI 46 right now.
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Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
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Air quality in Mamoudzou right now
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Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mayotte lost?
Since 2001, Mayotte has lost about 2.96 million hectares of forest (about 30,000 km²): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 11,500 hectares (under 1%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2.96 million haabout 30,000 km²
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 11,500 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 189 ha | 15,200 ha | 15,400 ha |
| 2002 | 205 ha | 19,000 ha | 19,200 ha |
| 2003 | 160 ha | 17,600 ha | 17,800 ha |
| 2004 | 244 ha | 434,000 ha | 435,000 ha |
| 2005 | 239 ha | 580,000 ha | 580,000 ha |
| 2006 | 295 ha | 128,000 ha | 129,000 ha |
| 2007 | 362 ha | 84,000 ha | 84,400 ha |
| 2008 | 269 ha | 12,400 ha | 12,600 ha |
| 2009 | 405 ha | 27,700 ha | 28,100 ha |
| 2010 | 295 ha | 166,000 ha | 166,000 ha |
| 2011 | 248 ha | 40,000 ha | 40,200 ha |
| 2012 | 591 ha | 48,300 ha | 48,900 ha |
| 2013 | 510 ha | 121,000 ha | 122,000 ha |
| 2014 | 1,060 ha | 15,400 ha | 16,400 ha |
| 2015 | 154 ha | 70,800 ha | 71,000 ha |
| 2016 | 478 ha | 36,100 ha | 36,600 ha |
| 2017 | 426 ha | 184,000 ha | 184,000 ha |
| 2018 | 387 ha | 45,300 ha | 45,600 ha |
| 2019 | 641 ha | 150,000 ha | 151,000 ha |
| 2020 | 521 ha | 80,300 ha | 80,900 ha |
| 2021 | 483 ha | 55,200 ha | 55,700 ha |
| 2022 | 480 ha | 162,000 ha | 162,000 ha |
| 2023 | 418 ha | 156,000 ha | 156,000 ha |
| 2024 | 1,010 ha | 164,000 ha | 165,000 ha |
| 2025 | 1,440 ha | 133,000 ha | 134,000 ha |
Forest loss is speeding up: about 135,000 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 99,600 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2005, when about 580,000 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
What is causing deforestation in Mayotte?
- Wildfirescan grow back95% · 2.81 million ha
- Unknown causescause unknown3.8% · 113,000 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, farms, pasture and plantations, logging, towns and roads, shifting farming.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. How it's measured
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What is the air quality in Mayotte today?
Airleaf measures 1 city in Mayotte. Mamoudzou reads AQI 46 right now.
How much forest has Mayotte lost since 2001?
About 2.96 million ha from 2001 to 2025, 12% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 11,500 ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
How does Airleaf measure air quality in Mayotte?
Each city's reading is the US EPA air quality index, from ground monitoring stations where one has reported recently nearby, and from the CAMS atmospheric model elsewhere; each city's report says which. Tree cover is measured over the same 2 km radius in every city, so the cities compare like for like.
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