France vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC

France
11,428 1000 ha
in 2022
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
11,553 1000 ha
in 2022
France rank
31st
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
29th

Grassland — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • France
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k199220072022

How they compare

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland currently reports 11,553 1000 ha against 11,428 1000 ha in France, a difference of 125 1000 ha.

Across all 31 years both countries report, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been ahead every year.

France ranks 31st and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 29th of 224 countries.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade France United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1990s 11,086 1000 ha 11,844 1000 ha 758.02 1000 ha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2000s 11,337 1000 ha 11,575 1000 ha 238.18 1000 ha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2010s 11,397 1000 ha 11,626 1000 ha 228.24 1000 ha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2020s 11,425 1000 ha 11,595 1000 ha 169.87 1000 ha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher grassland — area from cci_lc, France or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at 11,553 1000 ha against 11,428 1000 ha in France as of 2022.
What is the difference in grassland — area from cci_lc between France and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
125 1000 ha, with United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do France and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for grassland — area from cci_lc?
France ranks 31st and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 29th 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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Indicator
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed

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.