Melanesia vs World: Mangroves — Area from MODIS

Melanesia
1,763 1000 ha
in 2024
World
28,157 1000 ha
in 2024
Melanesia rank
3rd
World rank
1st

Mangroves — Area from MODIS over time

  • Melanesia
  • World
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How they compare

World currently reports 28,157 1000 ha against 1,763 1000 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 26,394 1000 ha.

That makes World's figure about 16.0 times Melanesia's.

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

Melanesia ranks 3rd and World ranks 1st of 240 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Melanesia World Difference Ahead
2000s 2,027 1000 ha 32,412 1000 ha 30,385 1000 ha World
2010s 1,837 1000 ha 29,111 1000 ha 27,273 1000 ha World
2020s 1,776 1000 ha 28,339 1000 ha 26,563 1000 ha World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mangroves — area from modis, Melanesia or World?
World, at 28,157 1000 ha against 1,763 1000 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mangroves — area from modis between Melanesia and World?
26,394 1000 ha, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and World?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Melanesia and World rank globally for mangroves — area from modis?
Melanesia ranks 3rd and World ranks 1st of 240 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.