Central America vs Melanesia: Tree-covered areas β Area from CCI_LC
Tree-covered areas β Area from CCI_LC over time
- Central America
- Melanesia
How they compare
Central America currently reports 106,853 1000 ha against 45,155 1000 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 61,698 1000 ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 2.4 times Melanesia's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Central America has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 12th and Melanesia ranks 17th of 44 regions.
Central America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 108,910 1000 ha | 45,335 1000 ha | 63,575 1000 ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 107,826 1000 ha | 45,098 1000 ha | 62,729 1000 ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 107,172 1000 ha | 45,481 1000 ha | 61,692 1000 ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 106,800 1000 ha | 45,205 1000 ha | 61,594 1000 ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tree-covered areas β area from cci_lc, Central America or Melanesia?
- Central America, at 106,853 1000 ha against 45,155 1000 ha in Melanesia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in tree-covered areas β area from cci_lc between Central America and Melanesia?
- 61,698 1000 ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Melanesia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Central America and Melanesia rank globally for tree-covered areas β area from cci_lc?
- Central America ranks 12th and Melanesia ranks 17th of 44 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tree-covered areas β Area from CCI_LC. 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 UniversitΓ© 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.