Melanesia vs Western Africa: Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC
Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Melanesia
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 117,334 1000 ha against 1,400 1000 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 115,934 1000 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 83.8 times Melanesia's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 14th and Western Africa ranks 12th of 20 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,243 1000 ha | 116,857 1000 ha | 115,614 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 1,330 1000 ha | 120,191 1000 ha | 118,861 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 1,327 1000 ha | 120,269 1000 ha | 118,942 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 1,391 1000 ha | 117,813 1000 ha | 116,422 1000 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc, Melanesia or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 117,334 1000 ha against 1,400 1000 ha in Melanesia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc between Melanesia and Western Africa?
- 115,934 1000 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Western Africa?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Melanesia and Western Africa rank globally for herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc?
- Melanesia ranks 14th and Western Africa ranks 12th of 20 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC. 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.