Australia and New Zealand vs Melanesia: Mangroves — Area from MODIS

Australia and New Zealand
1,200 1000 ha
in 2024
Melanesia
1,763 1000 ha
in 2024
Australia and New Zealand rank
4th
Melanesia rank
3rd

Mangroves — Area from MODIS over time

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Melanesia
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How they compare

Melanesia currently reports 1,763 1000 ha against 1,200 1000 ha in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 563 1000 ha.

That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.5 times Australia and New Zealand's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.

Australia and New Zealand ranks 4th and Melanesia ranks 3rd of 223 countries.

Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia and New Zealand Melanesia Difference Ahead
2000s 1,222 1000 ha 2,027 1000 ha 804.95 1000 ha Melanesia
2010s 1,163 1000 ha 1,837 1000 ha 673.96 1000 ha Melanesia
2020s 1,128 1000 ha 1,776 1000 ha 648.03 1000 ha Melanesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mangroves — area from modis, Australia and New Zealand or Melanesia?
Melanesia, at 1,763 1000 ha against 1,200 1000 ha in Australia and New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in mangroves — area from modis between Australia and New Zealand and Melanesia?
563 1000 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Melanesia?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Australia and New Zealand and Melanesia rank globally for mangroves — area from modis?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 4th and Melanesia ranks 3rd of 223 countries.
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

Indicator
Mangroves — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.