Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Melanesia: Grassland — Area from MODIS
Grassland — Area from MODIS over time
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Melanesia
How they compare
Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 2,639 1000 ha against 1,087 1000 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 1,552 1000 ha.
That makes Lao People's Democratic Republic's figure about 2.4 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Melanesia ahead.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 9th and Melanesia ranks 11th of 20 countries.
Lao People's Democratic Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,327 1000 ha | 1,026 1000 ha | 300.57 1000 ha | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 2010s | 1,787 1000 ha | 1,076 1000 ha | 711.3 1000 ha | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 2020s | 2,519 1000 ha | 1,169 1000 ha | 1,350 1000 ha | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher grassland — area from modis, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Melanesia?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 2,639 1000 ha against 1,087 1000 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in grassland — area from modis between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Melanesia?
- 1,552 1000 ha, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Melanesia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Melanesia rank globally for grassland — area from modis?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 9th and Melanesia ranks 11th of 20 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Grassland — Area from MODIS. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.