Melanesia vs South-Eastern Asia: Mangroves β Area from CCI_LC
Mangroves β Area from CCI_LC over time
- Melanesia
- South-Eastern Asia
How they compare
South-Eastern Asia currently reports 6,918 1000 ha against 1,059 1000 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 5,859 1000 ha.
That makes South-Eastern Asia's figure about 6.5 times Melanesia's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, South-Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 9th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 2nd of 44 regions.
South-Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | South-Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,018 1000 ha | 6,656 1000 ha | 5,637 1000 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 1,044 1000 ha | 6,813 1000 ha | 5,770 1000 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 1,063 1000 ha | 6,943 1000 ha | 5,880 1000 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 1,062 1000 ha | 6,928 1000 ha | 5,867 1000 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mangroves β area from cci_lc, Melanesia or South-Eastern Asia?
- South-Eastern Asia, at 6,918 1000 ha against 1,059 1000 ha in Melanesia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mangroves β area from cci_lc between Melanesia and South-Eastern Asia?
- 5,859 1000 ha, with South-Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and South-Eastern Asia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Melanesia and South-Eastern Asia rank globally for mangroves β area from cci_lc?
- Melanesia ranks 9th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 2nd of 44 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Mangroves β 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 UniversitΓ© 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.