Africa vs Melanesia: Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC
Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Africa
- Melanesia
How they compare
Africa currently reports 4,442 1000 ha against 1,059 1000 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 3,383 1000 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 4.2 times Melanesia's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 4th and Melanesia ranks 4th of 29 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,350 1000 ha | 1,018 1000 ha | 3,332 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 4,400 1000 ha | 1,044 1000 ha | 3,357 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 4,426 1000 ha | 1,063 1000 ha | 3,363 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 4,426 1000 ha | 1,062 1000 ha | 3,364 1000 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mangroves — area from cci_lc, Africa or Melanesia?
- Africa, at 4,442 1000 ha against 1,059 1000 ha in Melanesia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mangroves — area from cci_lc between Africa and Melanesia?
- 3,383 1000 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Melanesia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Africa and Melanesia rank globally for mangroves — area from cci_lc?
- Africa ranks 4th and Melanesia ranks 4th of 29 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Mangroves — 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.