Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Melanesia
Melanesia: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 0.85 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Melanesia, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for planted forest — share in forest land in Melanesia is 0.85 %, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in Melanesia peaked at 0.85 % in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.47 %, in 1990.
That places Melanesia 162nd out of 191 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.515 % | 0.47 % | 0.56 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.625 % | 0.58 % | 0.67 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.721 % | 0.68 % | 0.77 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8167 % | 0.78 % | 0.85 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
More environment data for Melanesia
- Permanent crops — Area 1,129 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 4.11 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,148 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 1,585 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 72.85 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 2.99 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.12 ha/cap (2024)
- Arable land — Area 456.07 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 20.96 % (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,044 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — share in forest land in Melanesia?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in Melanesia was 0.85 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.85 % in 2025.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.47 % in 1990.
- How does Melanesia rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- Melanesia ranks 162nd out of 191 countries with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.1%. 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 Planted Forest — Share in Forest land. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.