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

Melanesia ranks 137th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.

Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Melanesia?

Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. 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) — Area from MODIS. 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 29.85 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

29.85 1000 ha

Change on year

up 0.1%

World rank

137th

of 240 countries

All-time high

29.85 1000 ha

in 2024

All-time low

27.69 1000 ha

in 2001

Years of data

2001–2024

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Melanesia, 2001–2024

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

Analysis

Melanesia recorded 29.85 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Melanesia peaked at 29.85 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 27.69 1000 ha, in 2001.

That places Melanesia 137th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	28.56 1000 ha	27.69 1000 ha	28.8 1000 ha	9
2010s	29.07 1000 ha	28.69 1000 ha	29.78 1000 ha	10
2020s	29.79 1000 ha	29.75 1000 ha	29.85 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Melanesia

134 Honduras 32.81 1000 ha compare
135 Chad 31.94 1000 ha compare
136 Cyprus 31.38 1000 ha compare
138 Madagascar 28.68 1000 ha compare
139 Liberia 27.91 1000 ha compare
140 Latvia 25.26 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Melanesia

Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 72.85 % (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 4.56 g/Int$ (2024)
Country area — Area 54,038 1000 ha (2024)
Land area — Area 52,995 1000 ha (2024)
Agriculture — Area 2,176 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Area 2,176 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Share in Land area 4.11 % (2024)
Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,148 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Cropland — Area 1,585 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 51.89 % (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 29.85 1000 ha in 2024, 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 29.85 1000 ha in 2024.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Melanesia?: The lowest recorded value was 27.69 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Melanesia rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Melanesia ranks 137th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Melanesia?: Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. 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) — Area from MODIS. 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 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: 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.