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 14th out of 20 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.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 14.62 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 11.93 1000 ha | -18.4% |
| 2003 | 10.67 1000 ha | -10.6% |
| 2004 | 10.88 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 10.54 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 9.59 1000 ha | -9.0% |
| 2007 | 9.92 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 9.58 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 9.22 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 9.56 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 9.01 1000 ha | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 8.3 1000 ha | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 7.79 1000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 7.53 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 8.11 1000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 7.44 1000 ha | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 8.02 1000 ha | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 7.7 1000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 7.82 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 6.35 1000 ha | -18.8% |
| 2021 | 5.21 1000 ha | -18.0% |
| 2022 | 3.6 1000 ha | -30.9% |
| 2023 | 3.1 1000 ha | -13.9% |
| 2024 | 3.55 1000 ha | +14.5% |
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
- 11 Mali 73,085 1000 ha compare
- 11 Micronesia 7.56 1000 ha compare
- 12 Chad 69,462 1000 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.92 1000 ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.69 1000 ha compare
- 13 Mongolia 47,327 1000 ha compare
- 14 Canada 44,381 1000 ha compare
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.94 1000 ha compare
- 15 Yemen 36,818 1000 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.49 1000 ha compare
- 16 Pakistan 33,071 1000 ha compare
- 17 Afghanistan 30,947 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 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 14th out of 20 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.