Forest land — Share in Land area in Melanesia
Melanesia: Forest land — Share in Land area was 74.5 % in 2024. ▬ Flat
Forest land — Share in Land area in Melanesia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — share in land area in Melanesia is 74.5 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Melanesia peaked at 75.37 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 74.5 %, in 2024.
Melanesia ranks 16th of 249 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Forest land — Share in Land area in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 75.37 % | — |
| 1991 | 75.34 % | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 75.3 % | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 75.27 % | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 75.24 % | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 75.2 % | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 75.17 % | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 75.14 % | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 75.1 % | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 75.07 % | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 75.04 % | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 75 % | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 74.97 % | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 74.93 % | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 74.89 % | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 74.86 % | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 74.82 % | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 74.79 % | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 74.75 % | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 74.72 % | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 74.68 % | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 74.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 74.71 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 74.72 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 74.74 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 74.75 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 74.72 % | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 74.68 % | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 74.64 % | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 74.61 % | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 74.57 % | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 74.52 % | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 74.52 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 74.51 % | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 74.5 % | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 75.22 % | 75.07 % | 75.37 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.88 % | 74.72 % | 75.04 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.7 % | 74.61 % | 74.75 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.52 % | 74.5 % | 74.57 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 13 Papua New Guinea 75.15 % compare
- 14 Guinea-Bissau 74.82 % compare
- 15 Vanuatu 74.64 % compare
- 17 Finland 74.15 % compare
- 18 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 73.42 % compare
- 19 Niue 72.86 % compare
More environment data for Melanesia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.857 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 3.85 kg/ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 52,995 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.47 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.3 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 21,133 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Melanesia?
- Forest land — share in land area in Melanesia was 74.5 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 75.37 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.5 % in 2024.
- How does Melanesia rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Melanesia ranks 16th out of 249 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.