Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Melanesia

Melanesia: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 108.28 1000 ha in 2024. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2024)
108.28 1000 ha
Change on year
down 10.8%
Rank
25th
of 44 regions
All-time high
212.82 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
89.66 1000 ha
in 2011
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Melanesia, 2001–2024

0501001502002001201220242001: 212.8 1000 ha2002: 198.2 1000 ha2003: 157.2 1000 ha2004: 160.4 1000 ha2005: 128.7 1000 ha2006: 114.9 1000 ha2007: 104.5 1000 ha2008: 100.7 1000 ha2009: 98.7 1000 ha2010: 90.2 1000 ha2011: 89.7 1000 ha2012: 92.4 1000 ha2013: 100.9 1000 ha2014: 119.8 1000 ha2015: 147.9 1000 ha2016: 149 1000 ha2017: 145.8 1000 ha2018: 142.4 1000 ha2019: 146.6 1000 ha2020: 139.2 1000 ha2021: 126.7 1000 ha2022: 118.9 1000 ha2023: 121.3 1000 ha2024: 108.3 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Melanesia recorded 108.28 1000 ha for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.8% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Melanesia peaked at 212.82 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 89.66 1000 ha, in 2011.

That places Melanesia 25th out of 44 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 141.8 1000 ha 98.74 1000 ha 212.82 1000 ha 9
2010s 122.47 1000 ha 89.66 1000 ha 148.98 1000 ha 10
2020s 122.88 1000 ha 108.28 1000 ha 139.18 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Melanesia

  1. 22 Uganda 349.38 1000 ha compare
  2. 23 Ukraine 303.17 1000 ha compare
  3. 24 Botswana 290.22 1000 ha compare
  4. 25 Peru 279.5 1000 ha compare
  5. 26 Colombia 273.34 1000 ha compare
  6. 27 Angola 272.62 1000 ha compare
  7. 28 Greece 271.75 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Melanesia?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Melanesia was 108.28 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Melanesia?
The highest recorded value was 212.82 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Melanesia?
The lowest recorded value was 89.66 1000 ha in 2011.
How does Melanesia rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Melanesia ranks 25th out of 44 regions with data for 2024.
Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Melanesia?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. 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 Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded β€” Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded β€” Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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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 UniversitΓ© 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.