Which has higher grassland — area from cgls, European Union (27) or France?

European Union (27), at 16,500 1000 ha against 5,894 1000 ha in France as of 2019.

What is the difference in grassland — area from cgls between European Union (27) and France?

10,606 1000 ha, with European Union (27) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for European Union (27) and France?

5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Grassland — Area from CGLS. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

European Union (27) vs France: Grassland — Area from CGLS

European Union (27)

16,500 1000 ha

in 2019

France

5,894 1000 ha

in 2019

European Union (27) rank

6th

France rank

17th

Grassland — Area from CGLS over time

European Union (27)
France

How they compare

European Union (27) currently reports 16,500 1000 ha against 5,894 1000 ha in France, a difference of 10,606 1000 ha.

That makes European Union (27)'s figure about 2.8 times France's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, European Union (27) has been ahead every year.

European Union (27) ranks 6th and France ranks 17th of 7 groups.

European Union (27) has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher grassland — area from cgls, European Union (27) or France?: European Union (27), at 16,500 1000 ha against 5,894 1000 ha in France as of 2019.
What is the difference in grassland — area from cgls between European Union (27) and France?: 10,606 1000 ha, with European Union (27) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for European Union (27) and France?: 5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do European Union (27) and France rank globally for grassland — area from cgls?: European Union (27) ranks 6th and France ranks 17th of 7 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Grassland — Area from CGLS. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Grassland — Area from CGLS
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 65 places, 325 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.