Melanesia vs South America: Mangroves — Area from MODIS
Mangroves — Area from MODIS over time
- Melanesia
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 5,818 1000 ha against 1,763 1000 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 4,055 1000 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 3.3 times Melanesia's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 8th and South America ranks 3rd of 44 regions.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,027 1000 ha | 7,189 1000 ha | 5,162 1000 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 1,837 1000 ha | 6,659 1000 ha | 4,821 1000 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 1,776 1000 ha | 6,227 1000 ha | 4,451 1000 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mangroves — area from modis, Melanesia or South America?
- South America, at 5,818 1000 ha against 1,763 1000 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mangroves — area from modis between Melanesia and South America?
- 4,055 1000 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and South America?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and South America rank globally for mangroves — area from modis?
- Melanesia ranks 8th and South America ranks 3rd of 44 regions.
- 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.