Australia and New Zealand vs South America: Grassland — Area from MODIS

Australia and New Zealand
217,264 1000 ha
in 2024
South America
380,334 1000 ha
in 2024
Australia and New Zealand rank
5th
South America rank
5th

Grassland — Area from MODIS over time

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • South America
0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k200120122024

How they compare

South America currently reports 380,334 1000 ha against 217,264 1000 ha in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 163,070 1000 ha.

That makes South America's figure about 1.8 times Australia and New Zealand's.

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

Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th and South America ranks 5th of 223 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia and New Zealand South America Difference Ahead
2000s 198,014 1000 ha 365,281 1000 ha 167,267 1000 ha South America
2010s 195,447 1000 ha 373,822 1000 ha 178,375 1000 ha South America
2020s 200,350 1000 ha 384,091 1000 ha 183,741 1000 ha South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher grassland — area from modis, Australia and New Zealand or South America?
South America, at 380,334 1000 ha against 217,264 1000 ha in Australia and New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in grassland — area from modis between Australia and New Zealand and South America?
163,070 1000 ha, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and South America?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Australia and New Zealand and South America rank globally for grassland — area from modis?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th and South America ranks 5th of 223 countries.
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.