Grassland — Area from MODIS in Melanesia

Melanesia: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 1,087 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1,087 1000 ha
Change on year
down 7.7%
World rank
103rd
of 240 countries
All-time high
1,232 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
909 1000 ha
in 2007
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in Melanesia, 2001–2024

02505007501.0k1.2k2001201220242001: 1.0k 1000 ha2002: 1.1k 1000 ha2003: 1.1k 1000 ha2004: 1.1k 1000 ha2005: 1.0k 1000 ha2006: 935.6 1000 ha2007: 909 1000 ha2008: 942.2 1000 ha2009: 999.7 1000 ha2010: 981.8 1000 ha2011: 978.8 1000 ha2012: 955.7 1000 ha2013: 982 1000 ha2014: 1.0k 1000 ha2015: 1.1k 1000 ha2016: 1.2k 1000 ha2017: 1.1k 1000 ha2018: 1.2k 1000 ha2019: 1.2k 1000 ha2020: 1.2k 1000 ha2021: 1.2k 1000 ha2022: 1.2k 1000 ha2023: 1.2k 1000 ha2024: 1.1k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2024, grassland — area from modis in Melanesia stood at 1,087 1000 ha.

That represents a change of down 7.7% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Melanesia peaked at 1,232 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 909 1000 ha, in 2007.

Melanesia ranks 103rd of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1,026 1000 ha 909 1000 ha 1,149 1000 ha 9
2010s 1,076 1000 ha 955.72 1000 ha 1,209 1000 ha 10
2020s 1,169 1000 ha 1,087 1000 ha 1,232 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Melanesia

  1. 100 Switzerland 1,321 1000 ha compare
  2. 101 Guyana 1,302 1000 ha compare
  3. 102 Finland 1,205 1000 ha compare
  4. 104 Hungary 999.88 1000 ha compare
  5. 105 Egypt 975.63 1000 ha compare
  6. 106 North Macedonia 962.32 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for Melanesia

All data for Melanesia →

Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in Melanesia?
Grassland — area from modis in Melanesia was 1,087 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Melanesia?
The highest recorded value was 1,232 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Melanesia?
The lowest recorded value was 909 1000 ha in 2007.
How does Melanesia rank for grassland — area from modis?
Melanesia ranks 103rd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Melanesia?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. 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 Grassland — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

About this data

Indicator
Grassland — 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 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.