Land cover and land cover change — Grassland in Melanesia
Melanesia: Land cover and land cover change — Grassland was 1,808 Square kilometres in 2022. ▬ Flat
Land cover and land cover change — Grassland in Melanesia, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
The most recent figure for land cover and land cover change — grassland in Melanesia is 1,808 Square kilometres, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land cover and land cover change — grassland in Melanesia peaked at 1,854 Square kilometres in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1,808 Square kilometres, in 2022.
Melanesia ranks 369th of 775 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Land cover and land cover change — Grassland in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,845 Square kilometres | — |
| 2005 | 1,854 Square kilometres | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,849 Square kilometres | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,836 Square kilometres | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 1,808 Square kilometres | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 1,808 Square kilometres | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,849 Square kilometres | 1,845 Square kilometres | 1,854 Square kilometres | 2 |
| 2010s | 1,843 Square kilometres | 1,836 Square kilometres | 1,849 Square kilometres | 2 |
| 2020s | 1,808 Square kilometres | 1,808 Square kilometres | 1,808 Square kilometres | 2 |
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 value of agricultural 1.3 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.8 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 6,033 t (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 118.85 USD (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 6,096 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land cover and land cover change — grassland in Melanesia?
- Land cover and land cover change — grassland in Melanesia was 1,808 Square kilometres in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land cover and land cover change — grassland recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,854 Square kilometres in 2005.
- What is the lowest land cover and land cover change — grassland recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,808 Square kilometres in 2022.
- How does Melanesia rank for land cover and land cover change — grassland?
- Melanesia ranks 369th out of 775 regions with data for 2022.
- Is land cover and land cover change — grassland rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land cover and land cover change — Grassland. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The land cover dataset provides a global assessment of land cover and land cover change to monitor pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity. By using geospatial data with high spatio-temporal resolution, it develops a set of internationally comparable indicators with a long time series and a five-year interval from 2000 to 2022 for the Climate Change Initiative Land Cover dataset, and from 1975 to 2030 for the Global Human Settlement Layer dataset. Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The dataset has a global coverage on the national level, while on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. The following country aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas, the LAC region and the World. Data source(s): Climate Change Initiative land cover data and Global Human Settlement Layer built-up area data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Database documentation