Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Melanesia
Melanesia: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 1,763 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Melanesia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 1,763 1000 ha for mangroves — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Melanesia peaked at 3,041 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,726 1000 ha, in 2019.
Melanesia ranks 3rd of 20 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3,041 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2,087 1000 ha | -31.4% |
| 2003 | 1,900 1000 ha | -8.9% |
| 2004 | 1,826 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 1,846 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 1,869 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 1,879 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 1,895 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 1,903 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1,941 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 1,947 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,914 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 1,865 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 1,855 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 1,797 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 1,780 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 1,789 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1,760 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 1,726 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 1,737 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 1,788 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 1,808 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 1,781 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 1,763 1000 ha | -1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Melanesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -31.4% | 3,041 1000 ha | 2,087 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,027 1000 ha | 1,826 1000 ha | 3,041 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,837 1000 ha | 1,726 1000 ha | 1,947 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,776 1000 ha | 1,737 1000 ha | 1,808 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 1 Indonesia 5,114 1000 ha compare
- 2 Brazil 3,717 1000 ha compare
- 3 Papua New Guinea 1,403 1000 ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,095 1000 ha compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 1,200 1000 ha compare
- 5 Nigeria 1,147 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 487.34 1000 ha compare
- 6 Philippines 970.67 1000 ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 406.35 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 mangroves — area from modis in Melanesia?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Melanesia was 1,763 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,041 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,726 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Melanesia rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Melanesia ranks 3rd out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Mangroves — 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.