Melanesia vs Norway: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time
- Melanesia
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 1,989 1000 ha against 1,440 1000 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 549 1000 ha.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.4 times Melanesia's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 6th and Norway ranks 22nd of 20 regions.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,433 1000 ha | 1,956 1000 ha | 522.84 1000 ha | Norway |
| 2010s | 1,436 1000 ha | 1,984 1000 ha | 547.1 1000 ha | Norway |
| 2020s | 1,438 1000 ha | 1,981 1000 ha | 543.76 1000 ha | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, Melanesia or Norway?
- Norway, at 1,989 1000 ha against 1,440 1000 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between Melanesia and Norway?
- 549 1000 ha, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Norway?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Norway rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Melanesia ranks 6th and Norway ranks 22nd of 20 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Inland water bodies — 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.