China, mainland vs United Republic of Tanzania: Grassland — Area from MODIS

China, mainland
276,956 1000 ha
in 2024
United Republic of Tanzania
39,390 1000 ha
in 2024
China, mainland rank
2nd
United Republic of Tanzania rank
3rd

Grassland — Area from MODIS over time

  • China, mainland
  • United Republic of Tanzania
0100.0k200.0k300.0k200120122024

How they compare

China, mainland currently reports 276,956 1000 ha against 39,390 1000 ha in United Republic of Tanzania, a difference of 237,566 1000 ha.

That makes China, mainland's figure about 7.0 times United Republic of Tanzania's.

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

China, mainland ranks 2nd and United Republic of Tanzania ranks 3rd of 223 countries.

China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China, mainland United Republic of Tanzania Difference Ahead
2000s 286,977 1000 ha 37,117 1000 ha 249,860 1000 ha China, mainland
2010s 284,626 1000 ha 39,163 1000 ha 245,463 1000 ha China, mainland
2020s 279,124 1000 ha 39,447 1000 ha 239,677 1000 ha China, mainland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher grassland — area from modis, China, mainland or United Republic of Tanzania?
China, mainland, at 276,956 1000 ha against 39,390 1000 ha in United Republic of Tanzania as of 2024.
What is the difference in grassland — area from modis between China, mainland and United Republic of Tanzania?
237,566 1000 ha, with China, mainland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and United Republic of Tanzania?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do China, mainland and United Republic of Tanzania rank globally for grassland — area from modis?
China, mainland ranks 2nd and United Republic of Tanzania ranks 3rd 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.