Türkiye vs Western Asia: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Türkiye
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 18,854 1000 ha against 14,064 1000 ha in Türkiye, a difference of 4,790 1000 ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 1.3 times Türkiye's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Western Asia has been ahead every year.
Türkiye ranks 20th and Western Asia ranks 17th of 44 regions.
Western Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Türkiye | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14,176 1000 ha | 18,845 1000 ha | 4,669 1000 ha | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 14,288 1000 ha | 19,032 1000 ha | 4,744 1000 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 14,223 1000 ha | 18,988 1000 ha | 4,765 1000 ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 14,110 1000 ha | 18,895 1000 ha | 4,785 1000 ha | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher grassland — area from cci_lc, Türkiye or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 18,854 1000 ha against 14,064 1000 ha in Türkiye as of 2022.
- What is the difference in grassland — area from cci_lc between Türkiye and Western Asia?
- 4,790 1000 ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Türkiye and Western Asia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Türkiye and Western Asia rank globally for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Türkiye ranks 20th and Western Asia ranks 17th of 44 regions.
- 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.