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Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, annual growth rate in Melanesia

Melanesia: Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, annual growth rate was 0 % change on previous year in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
0 % change on previous year
World rank
29th
of 222 countries
All-time high
2.7 % change on previous year
in 1971
All-time low
-1.09 % change on previous year
in 2012
Years of data
63
1962–2024

Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, annual growth rate in Melanesia, 1962–2024

-10123196219932024

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.

Analysis

Melanesia recorded 0 % change on previous year for permanent meadows and pastures — area, annual growth rate in 2024.

The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — area, annual growth rate in Melanesia peaked at 2.7 % change on previous year in 1971 and was at its lowest, -1.09 % change on previous year, in 2012.

That places Melanesia 29th out of 222 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, annual growth rate in Melanesia, year by year

Year % change on previous year Change
1962 0 % change on previous year —
1963 0 % change on previous year —
1964 0 % change on previous year —
1965 0 % change on previous year —
1966 0.2364 % change on previous year —
1967 0 % change on previous year -100.0%
1968 2.12 % change on previous year —
1969 1.62 % change on previous year -23.8%
1970 0.9091 % change on previous year -43.8%
1971 2.7 % change on previous year +197.3%
1972 0.8772 % change on previous year -67.5%
1973 0.8696 % change on previous year -0.9%
1974 1.72 % change on previous year +98.3%
1975 1.06 % change on previous year -38.6%
1976 1.89 % change on previous year +78.1%
1977 1.03 % change on previous year -45.5%
1978 1.02 % change on previous year -1.0%
1979 1.41 % change on previous year +38.6%
1980 1.39 % change on previous year -1.4%
1981 1.57 % change on previous year +12.7%
1982 0.3861 % change on previous year -75.4%
1983 1.54 % change on previous year +298.5%
1984 2.65 % change on previous year +72.3%
1985 0.5535 % change on previous year -79.1%
1986 1.28 % change on previous year +132.0%
1987 0 % change on previous year -100.0%
1988 0.3623 % change on previous year —
1989 0 % change on previous year -100.0%
1990 1.44 % change on previous year —
1991 0.8897 % change on previous year -38.4%
1992 1.41 % change on previous year +58.6%
1993 1.04 % change on previous year -26.0%
1994 1.48 % change on previous year +41.9%
1995 1.8 % change on previous year +21.5%
1996 2.1 % change on previous year +16.8%
1997 1.24 % change on previous year -40.9%
1998 0.7415 % change on previous year -40.2%
1999 1.38 % change on previous year +85.6%
2000 0.4104 % change on previous year -70.2%
2001 0.4323 % change on previous year +5.3%
2002 0.4132 % change on previous year -4.4%
2003 -1.02 % change on previous year -346.3%
2004 0.5448 % change on previous year -153.5%
2005 -1.02 % change on previous year -286.6%
2006 -1.03 % change on previous year +1.2%
2007 -1.04 % change on previous year +1.2%
2008 -1.05 % change on previous year +1.1%
2009 -1.05 % change on previous year +0.1%
2010 -1.04 % change on previous year -1.1%
2011 -1.08 % change on previous year +3.6%
2012 -1.09 % change on previous year +1.1%
2013 -0.0494 % change on previous year -95.5%
2014 0.191 % change on previous year -486.4%
2015 0.0562 % change on previous year -70.6%
2016 0.1582 % change on previous year +181.7%
2017 0.0883 % change on previous year -44.2%
2018 0.0763 % change on previous year -13.5%
2019 0.1322 % change on previous year +73.2%
2020 0.0085 % change on previous year -93.6%
2021 0.0203 % change on previous year +140.0%
2022 0.0118 % change on previous year -41.7%
2023 0 % change on previous year -100.0%
2024 0 % change on previous year —

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, annual growth rate 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.

YearChange FromTo
2014 +486.4% -0.0494 % change on previous year 0.191 % change on previous year

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.497 % change on previous year 0 % change on previous year 2.12 % change on previous year 8
1970s 1.35 % change on previous year 0.8696 % change on previous year 2.7 % change on previous year 10
1980s 0.9737 % change on previous year 0 % change on previous year 2.65 % change on previous year 10
1990s 1.35 % change on previous year 0.7415 % change on previous year 2.1 % change on previous year 10
2000s -0.4407 % change on previous year -1.05 % change on previous year 0.5448 % change on previous year 10
2010s -0.2558 % change on previous year -1.09 % change on previous year 0.191 % change on previous year 10
2020s 0.0081 % change on previous year 0 % change on previous year 0.0203 % change on previous year 5

Countries ranked near Melanesia

  1. 26 United States Virgin Islands 0.0518 % change on previous year compare
  2. 27 Czechia 0.0372 % change on previous year compare
  3. 28 France 0.0144 % change on previous year compare
  4. 29 Afghanistan 0 % change on previous year compare
  5. 29 Angola 0 % change on previous year compare
  6. 29 United Arab Emirates 0 % change on previous year compare
  7. 29 Armenia 0 % change on previous year compare
  8. 29 Antigua and Barbuda 0 % change on previous year compare
  9. 29 Australia 0 % change on previous year compare
  10. 29 Austria 0 % change on previous year compare
  11. 29 Burundi 0 % change on previous year compare
  12. 29 Benin 0 % change on previous year compare
  13. 29 Burkina Faso 0 % change on previous year compare
  14. 29 Bangladesh 0 % change on previous year
  15. 29 Bahrain 0 % change on previous year
  16. 29 Bahamas 0 % change on previous year compare
  17. 29 Belize 0 % change on previous year compare
  18. 29 Brazil 0 % change on previous year compare
  19. 29 Barbados 0 % change on previous year
  20. 29 Bhutan 0 % change on previous year compare
  21. 29 Botswana 0 % change on previous year
  22. 29 Central African Republic 0 % change on previous year compare
  23. 29 Canada 0 % change on previous year compare
  24. 29 Chile 0 % change on previous year compare
  25. 29 China 0 % change on previous year compare
  26. 29 Cameroon 0 % change on previous year
  27. 29 Congo 0 % change on previous year
  28. 29 Comoros 0 % change on previous year
  29. 29 Costa Rica 0 % change on previous year compare
  30. 29 Cuba 0 % change on previous year compare
  31. 29 Cayman Islands 0 % change on previous year
  32. 29 Djibouti 0 % change on previous year compare
  33. 29 Dominica 0 % change on previous year
  34. 29 Dominican Republic 0 % change on previous year compare
  35. 29 Algeria 0 % change on previous year compare
  36. 29 Eritrea 0 % change on previous year compare
  37. 29 Spain 0 % change on previous year compare
  38. 29 Ethiopia 0 % change on previous year
  39. 29 Fiji 0 % change on previous year compare
  40. 29 Faroe Islands 0 % change on previous year compare
  41. 29 Gabon 0 % change on previous year compare
  42. 29 Georgia 0 % change on previous year compare
  43. 29 Ghana 0 % change on previous year compare
  44. 29 Guinea 0 % change on previous year compare
  45. 29 Gambia 0 % change on previous year compare
  46. 29 Guinea-Bissau 0 % change on previous year compare
  47. 29 Equatorial Guinea 0 % change on previous year compare
  48. 29 Greece 0 % change on previous year compare
  49. 29 Grenada 0 % change on previous year compare
  50. 29 Greenland 0 % change on previous year compare
  51. 29 Guatemala 0 % change on previous year compare
  52. 29 Guam 0 % change on previous year
  53. 29 Guyana 0 % change on previous year compare
  54. 29 Haiti 0 % change on previous year compare
  55. 29 Indonesia 0 % change on previous year compare
  56. 29 Iraq 0 % change on previous year compare
  57. 29 Iceland 0 % change on previous year compare
  58. 29 Jamaica 0 % change on previous year compare
  59. 29 Jordan 0 % change on previous year compare
  60. 29 Japan 0 % change on previous year compare
  61. 29 Kenya 0 % change on previous year
  62. 29 Kyrgyzstan 0 % change on previous year compare
  63. 29 Cambodia 0 % change on previous year compare
  64. 29 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 % change on previous year compare
  65. 29 Kuwait 0 % change on previous year compare
  66. 29 Lebanon 0 % change on previous year compare
  67. 29 Liberia 0 % change on previous year compare
  68. 29 Libya 0 % change on previous year compare
  69. 29 Saint Lucia 0 % change on previous year compare
  70. 29 Liechtenstein 0 % change on previous year compare
  71. 29 Sri Lanka 0 % change on previous year compare
  72. 29 Lesotho 0 % change on previous year compare
  73. 29 Morocco 0 % change on previous year compare
  74. 29 Madagascar 0 % change on previous year compare
  75. 29 Maldives 0 % change on previous year
  76. 29 Mali 0 % change on previous year compare
  77. 29 Mozambique 0 % change on previous year compare
  78. 29 Mauritania 0 % change on previous year
  79. 29 Mauritius 0 % change on previous year
  80. 29 Malawi 0 % change on previous year compare
  81. 29 Malaysia 0 % change on previous year compare
  82. 29 Namibia 0 % change on previous year
  83. 29 New Caledonia 0 % change on previous year compare
  84. 29 Niger 0 % change on previous year compare
  85. 29 Nigeria 0 % change on previous year compare
  86. 29 Nicaragua 0 % change on previous year compare
  87. 29 Norway 0 % change on previous year compare
  88. 29 Nepal 0 % change on previous year compare
  89. 29 Oman 0 % change on previous year compare
  90. 29 Pakistan 0 % change on previous year
  91. 29 Philippines 0 % change on previous year compare
  92. 29 Palau 0 % change on previous year
  93. 29 Papua New Guinea 0 % change on previous year compare
  94. 29 Puerto Rico 0 % change on previous year compare
  95. 29 Paraguay 0 % change on previous year compare
  96. 29 Palestine, State of 0 % change on previous year compare
  97. 29 Qatar 0 % change on previous year
  98. 29 Sudan 0 % change on previous year compare
  99. 29 Senegal 0 % change on previous year compare
  100. 29 Solomon Islands 0 % change on previous year compare
  101. 29 Sierra Leone 0 % change on previous year compare
  102. 29 El Salvador 0 % change on previous year compare
  103. 29 Somalia 0 % change on previous year
  104. 29 South Sudan 0 % change on previous year compare
  105. 29 Sao Tome and Principe 0 % change on previous year
  106. 29 Suriname 0 % change on previous year compare
  107. 29 Eswatini 0 % change on previous year compare
  108. 29 Chad 0 % change on previous year
  109. 29 Togo 0 % change on previous year compare
  110. 29 Turkmenistan 0 % change on previous year compare
  111. 29 Tonga 0 % change on previous year compare
  112. 29 Trinidad and Tobago 0 % change on previous year compare
  113. 29 Tunisia 0 % change on previous year compare
  114. 29 Uganda 0 % change on previous year compare
  115. 29 Ukraine 0 % change on previous year compare
  116. 29 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 % change on previous year compare
  117. 29 British Virgin Islands 0 % change on previous year compare
  118. 29 Vanuatu 0 % change on previous year compare
  119. 29 Samoa 0 % change on previous year compare
  120. 29 Yemen 0 % change on previous year
  121. 29 South Africa 0 % change on previous year compare
  122. 29 Zambia 0 % change on previous year compare
  123. 29 Zimbabwe 0 % change on previous year
  124. 29 Martinique 0 % change on previous year compare
  125. 29 Mayotte 0 % change on previous year compare
  126. 29 Western Sahara 0 % change on previous year
  127. 29 Montserrat 0 % change on previous year
  128. 29 Niue 0 % change on previous year
  129. 29 Micronesia 0 % change on previous year compare
  130. 29 Norfolk Island 0 % change on previous year
  131. 29 Sudan (former) 0 % change on previous year compare
  132. 29 Timor-Leste 0 % change on previous year
  133. 29 Cabo Verde 0 % change on previous year
  134. 29 Polynesia 0 % change on previous year compare
  135. 29 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 % change on previous year compare
  136. 29 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 % change on previous year
  137. 29 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 % change on previous year compare
  138. 29 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 % change on previous year
  139. 29 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 % change on previous year compare
  140. 29 Republic of Korea 0 % change on previous year compare
  141. 29 Russian Federation 0 % change on previous year compare
  142. 29 Syrian Arab Republic 0 % change on previous year compare
  143. 29 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 % change on previous year compare
  144. 29 Viet Nam 0 % change on previous year compare
  145. 29 Türkiye 0 % change on previous year compare
  146. 29 China, mainland 0 % change on previous year compare
  147. 29 Côte d'Ivoire 0 % change on previous year compare
  148. 29 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 % change on previous year compare
  149. 29 United Republic of Tanzania 0 % change on previous year compare
  150. 29 Brunei Darussalam 0 % change on previous year compare
  151. 29 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 % change on previous year
  152. 29 Yugoslav SFR 0 % change on previous year compare
  153. 29 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 % change on previous year
  154. 29 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 % change on previous year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is permanent meadows and pastures — area, annual growth rate in Melanesia?
Permanent meadows and pastures — area, annual growth rate in Melanesia was 0 % change on previous year in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest permanent meadows and pastures — area, annual growth rate recorded in Melanesia?
The highest recorded value was 2.7 % change on previous year in 1971.
What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — area, annual growth rate recorded in Melanesia?
The lowest recorded value was -1.09 % change on previous year in 2012.
How does Melanesia rank for permanent meadows and pastures — area, annual growth rate?
Melanesia ranks 29th out of 222 countries with data for 2024.
Is permanent meadows and pastures — area, annual growth rate rising or falling in Melanesia?
Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Melanesia data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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The year-on-year percentage change in Permanent meadows and pastures — Area. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

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Indicator
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, annual growth rate
Unit
% change on previous year
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
256 places, 14,696 data points, 1962–2024
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The year-on-year percentage change in Permanent meadows and pastures — Area. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.