Democratic People's Republic of Korea vs Melanesia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
2.94 1000 ha
in 2024
Melanesia
3.55 1000 ha
in 2024
Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank
15th
Melanesia rank
14th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time

  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Melanesia
2.557.51012.515200120122024

How they compare

Melanesia currently reports 3.55 1000 ha against 2.94 1000 ha in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a difference of 0.61 1000 ha.

That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.2 times Democratic People's Republic of Korea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Melanesia ahead.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 15th and Melanesia ranks 14th of 20 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic People's Republic of Korea Melanesia Difference Ahead
2000s 4.92 1000 ha 10.77 1000 ha 5.86 1000 ha Melanesia
2010s 4.12 1000 ha 8.13 1000 ha 4.01 1000 ha Melanesia
2020s 3.56 1000 ha 4.36 1000 ha 0.802 1000 ha Melanesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, Democratic People's Republic of Korea or Melanesia?
Melanesia, at 3.55 1000 ha against 2.94 1000 ha in Democratic People's Republic of Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Melanesia?
0.61 1000 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Melanesia?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Melanesia rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 15th and Melanesia ranks 14th of 20 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Terrestrial barren land — 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.