Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Melanesia
Melanesia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area was 32.92 1000 ha in 2022. β² Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Melanesia, 1992β2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Melanesia stood at 32.92 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and up 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Melanesia peaked at 32.92 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 19.93 1000 ha, in 1992.
Melanesia ranks 31st of 44 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.11 1000 ha | 19.93 1000 ha | 23.05 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 25.56 1000 ha | 24.12 1000 ha | 26.91 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.39 1000 ha | 27.12 1000 ha | 29.4 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.85 1000 ha | 30.8 1000 ha | 32.92 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
More environment data for Melanesia
- Historical exposure to drought β Land soil moisture anomaly 1.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought β Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 0.857 Β°C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 Β°C (2025)
- Pesticides (total) β Import value 28,009 1000 USD (2024)
- Arable land β Area 456.07 1000 ha (2024)
- Pesticides (total) β Export value 278.6 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) β Import quantity 36,691 t (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) β Value US$ 118.85 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Melanesia?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Melanesia was 32.92 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 32.92 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.93 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Melanesia rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area?
- Melanesia ranks 31st out of 44 regions with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.