Melanesia vs Middle East: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland over time
- Melanesia
- Middle East
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 13,401 Square kilometres against 12,226 Square kilometres in Middle East, a difference of 1,175 Square kilometres.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.1 times Middle East's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 63rd and Middle East ranks 66th of 753 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Middle East | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,465 Square kilometres | 2,876 Square kilometres | 3,589 Square kilometres | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 11,692 Square kilometres | 6,954 Square kilometres | 4,737 Square kilometres | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 13,253 Square kilometres | 11,563 Square kilometres | 1,690 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, Melanesia or Middle East?
- Melanesia, at 13,401 Square kilometres against 12,226 Square kilometres in Middle East as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland between Melanesia and Middle East?
- 1,175 Square kilometres, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Middle East?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do Melanesia and Middle East rank globally for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Melanesia ranks 63rd and Middle East ranks 66th of 753 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