Australia vs United States of America: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Australia
- United States of America
How they compare
United States of America currently reports 201,043 1000 ha against 139,821 1000 ha in Australia, a difference of 61,222 1000 ha.
That makes United States of America's figure about 1.4 times Australia's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 6th and United States of America ranks 7th of 224 countries.
United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 127,590 1000 ha | 199,628 1000 ha | 72,038 1000 ha | United States of America |
| 2000s | 128,756 1000 ha | 199,350 1000 ha | 70,594 1000 ha | United States of America |
| 2010s | 131,378 1000 ha | 199,438 1000 ha | 68,060 1000 ha | United States of America |
| 2020s | 140,127 1000 ha | 201,017 1000 ha | 60,890 1000 ha | United States of America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher grassland — area from cci_lc, Australia or United States of America?
- United States of America, at 201,043 1000 ha against 139,821 1000 ha in Australia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in grassland — area from cci_lc between Australia and United States of America?
- 61,222 1000 ha, with United States of America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United States of America?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Australia and United States of America rank globally for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Australia ranks 6th and United States of America ranks 7th of 224 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Grassland — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.