Asia vs China, mainland: Grassland — Area from MODIS

Asia
825,387 1000 ha
in 2024
China, mainland
276,956 1000 ha
in 2024
Asia rank
3rd
China, mainland rank
2nd

Grassland — Area from MODIS over time

  • Asia
  • China, mainland
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How they compare

Asia currently reports 825,387 1000 ha against 276,956 1000 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 548,431 1000 ha.

That makes Asia's figure about 3.0 times China, mainland's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.

Asia ranks 3rd and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 29 groups.

Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Asia China, mainland Difference Ahead
2000s 847,962 1000 ha 286,977 1000 ha 560,985 1000 ha Asia
2010s 842,695 1000 ha 284,626 1000 ha 558,070 1000 ha Asia
2020s 832,060 1000 ha 279,124 1000 ha 552,936 1000 ha Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher grassland — area from modis, Asia or China, mainland?
Asia, at 825,387 1000 ha against 276,956 1000 ha in China, mainland as of 2024.
What is the difference in grassland — area from modis between Asia and China, mainland?
548,431 1000 ha, with Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and China, mainland?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Asia and China, mainland rank globally for grassland — area from modis?
Asia ranks 3rd and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 29 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Grassland — Area from MODIS. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Grassland — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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.