Caribbean vs Melanesia: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Caribbean
- Melanesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 1,912 1000 ha against 1,585 1000 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 327 1000 ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.2 times Caribbean's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 22nd and Melanesia ranks 6th of 26 groups.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,619 1000 ha | 2,038 1000 ha | 418.38 1000 ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 1,605 1000 ha | 1,943 1000 ha | 338.17 1000 ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 1,589 1000 ha | 1,921 1000 ha | 331.71 1000 ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 1,585 1000 ha | 1,912 1000 ha | 326.63 1000 ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher inland water bodies — area from cci_lc, Caribbean or Melanesia?
- Melanesia, at 1,912 1000 ha against 1,585 1000 ha in Caribbean as of 2022.
- What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from cci_lc between Caribbean and Melanesia?
- 327 1000 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Melanesia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Caribbean and Melanesia rank globally for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Caribbean ranks 22nd and Melanesia ranks 6th of 26 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Inland water bodies — 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.