How does Melanesia rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?

Melanesia ranks 136th out of 213 countries with data for 2019.

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) — Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Melanesia

Name: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Melanesia
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Melanesia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 44.71 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)

44.71 1000 ha

Change on year

up 0.6%

World rank

136th

of 213 countries

All-time high

44.71 1000 ha

in 2019

All-time low

43.77 1000 ha

in 2015

Years of data

2015–2019

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Melanesia, 2015–2019

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Melanesia recorded 44.71 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.1% over five years.

Melanesia ranks 136th of 213 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Melanesia

133 Chad 46.95 1000 ha compare
134 Liberia 45.95 1000 ha compare
135 Rwanda 45.12 1000 ha compare
137 Estonia 44.14 1000 ha compare
138 Nicaragua 43.46 1000 ha compare
139 Congo 43.05 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Melanesia

Temperature change 0.857 °C (2025)
Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
Pesticides (total) — Import value 28,009 1000 USD (2024)
Arable land — Area 456.07 1000 ha (2024)
Pesticides (total) — Export value 278.6 1000 USD (2024)
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 36,691 t (2024)
Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 118.85 USD (2024)
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 2.82 kg/cap (2024)
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 6,033 t (2024)
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.8 g/Int$ (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Melanesia?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Melanesia was 44.71 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Melanesia?: The highest recorded value was 44.71 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Melanesia?: The lowest recorded value was 43.77 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Melanesia rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Melanesia ranks 136th out of 213 countries with data for 2019.
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) — Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CGLS
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 241 places, 1,205 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.