Melanesia vs Southern Europe: Tree-covered areas β€” Area from MODIS

Melanesia
50,572 1000 ha
in 2024
Southern Europe
62,326 1000 ha
in 2024
Melanesia rank
18th
Southern Europe rank
17th

Tree-covered areas β€” Area from MODIS over time

  • Melanesia
  • Southern Europe
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How they compare

Southern Europe currently reports 62,326 1000 ha against 50,572 1000 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 11,754 1000 ha.

That makes Southern Europe's figure about 1.2 times Melanesia's.

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

Melanesia ranks 18th and Southern Europe ranks 17th of 44 regions.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Melanesia Southern Europe Difference Ahead
2000s 50,249 1000 ha 57,216 1000 ha 6,967 1000 ha Southern Europe
2010s 50,466 1000 ha 60,446 1000 ha 9,980 1000 ha Southern Europe
2020s 50,443 1000 ha 61,873 1000 ha 11,430 1000 ha Southern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree-covered areas β€” area from modis, Melanesia or Southern Europe?
Southern Europe, at 62,326 1000 ha against 50,572 1000 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
What is the difference in tree-covered areas β€” area from modis between Melanesia and Southern Europe?
11,754 1000 ha, with Southern Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Southern Europe?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Melanesia and Southern Europe rank globally for tree-covered areas β€” area from modis?
Melanesia ranks 18th and Southern Europe 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 MODIS. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Tree-covered areas β€” 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 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.