Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Melanesia

Melanesia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 109.51 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
109.51 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
11th
of 18 countries
All-time high
117.17 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
109.51 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Melanesia, 2015–2019

02550751001252015201720192015: 117.2 1000 ha2016: 112.7 1000 ha2017: 111.1 1000 ha2018: 109.9 1000 ha2019: 109.5 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Melanesia is 109.51 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 6.5% over five years.

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Melanesia, year by year

Annual values for Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Melanesia, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 117.17 1000 ha —
2016 112.69 1000 ha -3.8%
2017 111.13 1000 ha -1.4%
2018 109.87 1000 ha -1.1%
2019 109.51 1000 ha -0.3%

Countries ranked near Melanesia

  1. 8 Botswana 45,305 1000 ha compare
  2. 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,008 1000 ha compare
  3. 9 Ethiopia 44,716 1000 ha compare
  4. 9 Syrian Arab Republic 423.34 1000 ha compare
  5. 10 Namibia 42,616 1000 ha compare
  6. 10 Viet Nam 133.91 1000 ha compare
  7. 11 Somalia 40,777 1000 ha compare
  8. 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 49.66 1000 ha compare
  9. 12 Kenya 28,220 1000 ha compare
  10. 13 South Africa 22,057 1000 ha compare
  11. 13 Timor-Leste 36.88 1000 ha compare
  12. 14 Angola 18,343 1000 ha compare
  13. 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.63 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Melanesia?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Melanesia was 109.51 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Melanesia?
The highest recorded value was 117.17 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Melanesia?
The lowest recorded value was 109.51 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Melanesia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
Melanesia ranks 11th out of 18 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Melanesia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
242 places, 1,210 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

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.