Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Melanesia
Melanesia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 3.55 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — 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 terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Melanesia is 3.55 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 14.5% on the previous year and down 52.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Melanesia peaked at 14.62 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3.1 1000 ha, in 2023.
That places Melanesia 114th out of 240 countries 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.77 1000 ha | 9.22 1000 ha | 14.62 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 8.13 1000 ha | 7.44 1000 ha | 9.56 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.36 1000 ha | 3.1 1000 ha | 6.35 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 111 Sri Lanka 4.45 1000 ha compare
- 112 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.28 1000 ha compare
- 113 Kiribati 3.97 1000 ha compare
- 115 Guinea-Bissau 3.31 1000 ha compare
- 116 Philippines 3.29 1000 ha compare
- 117 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.94 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Melanesia
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 72.85 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 4.56 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 54,038 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 52,995 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 2,176 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 2,176 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)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 51.89 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Melanesia?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Melanesia was 3.55 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 14.62 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Melanesia rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Melanesia ranks 114th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.9%. 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 Terrestrial barren land — 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.