Asia vs Melanesia: Mangroves — Area from MODIS
Mangroves — Area from MODIS over time
- Asia
- Melanesia
How they compare
Asia currently reports 10,243 1000 ha against 1,763 1000 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 8,480 1000 ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 5.8 times Melanesia's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 3rd and Melanesia ranks 3rd of 29 groups.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11,444 1000 ha | 2,027 1000 ha | 9,416 1000 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 10,232 1000 ha | 1,837 1000 ha | 8,395 1000 ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 10,179 1000 ha | 1,776 1000 ha | 8,403 1000 ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mangroves — area from modis, Asia or Melanesia?
- Asia, at 10,243 1000 ha against 1,763 1000 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mangroves — area from modis between Asia and Melanesia?
- 8,480 1000 ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Melanesia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Melanesia rank globally for mangroves — area from modis?
- Asia ranks 3rd and Melanesia ranks 3rd of 29 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Mangroves — 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.