Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Melanesia
Melanesia: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 50,572 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-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 tree-covered areas — area from modis in Melanesia is 50,572 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Melanesia peaked at 50,595 1000 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 49,060 1000 ha, in 2001.
Melanesia ranks 6th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 49,060 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 50,044 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 50,237 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 50,310 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 50,461 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 50,526 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 50,577 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 50,535 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 50,491 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 50,480 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 50,512 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 50,571 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 50,595 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 50,518 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 50,406 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 50,376 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 50,391 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 50,392 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 50,416 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 50,458 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 50,396 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 50,352 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 50,438 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 50,572 1000 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50,249 1000 ha | 49,060 1000 ha | 50,577 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 50,466 1000 ha | 50,376 1000 ha | 50,595 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,443 1000 ha | 50,352 1000 ha | 50,572 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 3 Canada 501,610 1000 ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 220,821 1000 ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 70,293 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 270,880 1000 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 268,203 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 68,863 1000 ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 165,940 1000 ha compare
- 7 Colombia 101,965 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 46,236 1000 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 23,082 1000 ha compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 95,988 1000 ha compare
- 9 Australia 80,274 1000 ha compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 19,724 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 modis in Melanesia?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Melanesia was 50,572 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 50,595 1000 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 49,060 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Melanesia rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Melanesia ranks 6th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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 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.