Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Melanesia
Melanesia: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 45,155 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Melanesia, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 45,155 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Melanesia peaked at 45,620 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 44,737 1000 ha, in 2000.
Melanesia ranks 6th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 45,620 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 45,619 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 45,619 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 45,260 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 45,269 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 45,226 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 45,158 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 44,909 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 44,737 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 44,765 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 44,804 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 44,902 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 45,085 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 45,157 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 45,243 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 45,313 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 45,457 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 45,513 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 45,515 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 45,519 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 45,513 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 45,519 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 45,514 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 45,514 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 45,491 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 45,480 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 45,416 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 45,325 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 45,262 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 45,199 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 45,155 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45,335 1000 ha | 44,909 1000 ha | 45,620 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 45,098 1000 ha | 44,737 1000 ha | 45,513 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,481 1000 ha | 45,325 1000 ha | 45,519 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,205 1000 ha | 45,155 1000 ha | 45,262 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 3 Canada 436,843 1000 ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 185,074 1000 ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 57,532 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 188,821 1000 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 186,559 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 51,213 1000 ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 117,641 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 37,312 1000 ha compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 84,171 1000 ha compare
- 8 Peru 81,843 1000 ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 15,027 1000 ha compare
- 9 Australia 76,530 1000 ha compare
- 9 Viet Nam 10,925 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 tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Melanesia?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Melanesia was 45,155 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 45,620 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 44,737 1000 ha in 2000.
- How does Melanesia rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Melanesia ranks 6th out of 20 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. 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.