Malawi vs Melanesia: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland over time
- Malawi
- Melanesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 13,401 Square kilometres against 2,962 Square kilometres in Malawi, a difference of 10,439 Square kilometres.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 4.5 times Malawi's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Malawi ranks 64th and Melanesia ranks 63rd of 169 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 844.88 Square kilometres | 6,465 Square kilometres | 5,620 Square kilometres | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 1,763 Square kilometres | 11,692 Square kilometres | 9,929 Square kilometres | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 2,939 Square kilometres | 13,253 Square kilometres | 10,314 Square kilometres | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland, Malawi or Melanesia?
- Melanesia, at 13,401 Square kilometres against 2,962 Square kilometres in Malawi as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland between Malawi and Melanesia?
- 10,439 Square kilometres, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Melanesia?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do Malawi and Melanesia rank globally for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Malawi ranks 64th and Melanesia ranks 63rd of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The land cover dataset provides a global assessment of land cover and land cover change to monitor pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity. By using geospatial data with high spatio-temporal resolution, it develops a set of internationally comparable indicators with a long time series and a five-year interval from 2000 to 2022 for the Climate Change Initiative Land Cover dataset, and from 1975 to 2030 for the Global Human Settlement Layer dataset. Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The dataset has a global coverage on the national level, while on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. The following country aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas, the LAC region and the World. Data source(s): Climate Change Initiative land cover data and Global Human Settlement Layer built-up area data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Database documentation