Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Melanesia
Melanesia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 6.39 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Melanesia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Melanesia is 6.39 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 9.6% on the previous year and down 48.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Melanesia peaked at 24.32 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 6.39 1000 ha, in 2024.
Melanesia ranks 10th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 24.32 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 17.33 1000 ha | -28.7% |
| 2003 | 17.49 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 16.06 1000 ha | -8.2% |
| 2005 | 14.11 1000 ha | -12.1% |
| 2006 | 14.07 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 14.88 1000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 13.73 1000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 13.64 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 13.23 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 11.82 1000 ha | -10.7% |
| 2012 | 11 1000 ha | -6.9% |
| 2013 | 10.39 1000 ha | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 12.33 1000 ha | +18.7% |
| 2015 | 11.66 1000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 11.01 1000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 10.42 1000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 10.23 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 10.16 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 10.5 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 8.69 1000 ha | -17.2% |
| 2022 | 6.52 1000 ha | -25.0% |
| 2023 | 7.07 1000 ha | +8.4% |
| 2024 | 6.39 1000 ha | -9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.18 1000 ha | 13.64 1000 ha | 24.32 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 11.22 1000 ha | 10.16 1000 ha | 13.23 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.83 1000 ha | 6.39 1000 ha | 10.5 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 7 Mexico 44,624 1000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 215.11 1000 ha compare
- 8 Namibia 41,996 1000 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 58.8 1000 ha compare
- 9 Botswana 26,484 1000 ha compare
- 9 Viet Nam 7.68 1000 ha compare
- 10 Somalia 19,530 1000 ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.61 1000 ha compare
- 11 Ethiopia 13,957 1000 ha compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.93 1000 ha compare
- 12 Pakistan 13,237 1000 ha compare
- 13 Morocco 11,159 1000 ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 0.04 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 shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Melanesia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Melanesia was 6.39 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 24.32 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.39 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Melanesia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Melanesia ranks 10th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.2%. 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 Shrub-covered areas — 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.