Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Melanesia
Melanesia: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 1,440 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Melanesia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, inland water bodies — area from modis in Melanesia stood at 1,440 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Melanesia peaked at 1,440 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,427 1000 ha, in 2001.
Melanesia ranks 6th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,427 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,431 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,432 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,432 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,433 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,434 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,434 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,435 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,436 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,434 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,433 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,434 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,437 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,438 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,435 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,438 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,439 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,438 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,439 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,438 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,439 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,434 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,438 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,440 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,433 1000 ha | 1,427 1000 ha | 1,436 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,436 1000 ha | 1,433 1000 ha | 1,439 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,438 1000 ha | 1,434 1000 ha | 1,440 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 3 Antarctica 37,923 1000 ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 5,831 1000 ha compare
- 4 Kazakhstan 17,833 1000 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 9,006 1000 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,925 1000 ha compare
- 6 China 8,896 1000 ha compare
- 7 Turkmenistan 8,865 1000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,077 1000 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 8,813 1000 ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 964.19 1000 ha compare
- 9 Azerbaijan 7,942 1000 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 696.63 1000 ha 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 inland water bodies — area from modis in Melanesia?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Melanesia was 1,440 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,440 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,427 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Melanesia rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Melanesia ranks 6th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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 Inland water bodies — 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.