Grassland — Area from MODIS in Melanesia
Melanesia: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 1,087 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Melanesia, 2001–2024
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 11th of 20 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.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,043 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,098 1000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 1,138 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 1,149 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 1,024 1000 ha | -10.9% |
| 2006 | 935.65 1000 ha | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 909 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 942.24 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 999.74 1000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 981.78 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 978.84 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 955.72 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 981.97 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 1,037 1000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 1,149 1000 ha | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 1,164 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 1,130 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 1,173 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 1,209 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 1,171 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 1,179 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1,232 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 1,178 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 1,087 1000 ha | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 8 Brazil 187,113 1000 ha compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,189 1000 ha compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,639 1000 ha compare
- 9 Mongolia 100,380 1000 ha compare
- 10 Sudan (former) 92,493 1000 ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 1,588 1000 ha compare
- 11 Argentina 86,322 1000 ha compare
- 12 Sudan 67,533 1000 ha compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 947.58 1000 ha compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 828.75 1000 ha compare
- 13 South Africa 55,120 1000 ha compare
- 14 Ethiopia 53,433 1000 ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 179.53 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Melanesia
- 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, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (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 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 11th out of 20 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.
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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 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.