Eastern Africa vs Sudan (former): Grassland — Area from MODIS

Eastern Africa
314,809 1000 ha
in 2024
Sudan (former)
92,493 1000 ha
in 2011
Eastern Africa rank
8th
Sudan (former) rank
10th

Grassland — Area from MODIS over time

  • Eastern Africa
  • Sudan (former)
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How they compare

Eastern Africa currently reports 314,809 1000 ha against 92,493 1000 ha in Sudan (former), a difference of 222,316 1000 ha.

That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 3.4 times Sudan (former)'s.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.

Eastern Africa ranks 8th and Sudan (former) ranks 10th of 29 groups.

Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eastern Africa Sudan (former) Difference Ahead
2000s 255,601 1000 ha 91,912 1000 ha 163,689 1000 ha Eastern Africa
2010s 262,333 1000 ha 92,662 1000 ha 169,672 1000 ha Eastern Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher grassland — area from modis, Eastern Africa or Sudan (former)?
Eastern Africa, at 314,809 1000 ha against 92,493 1000 ha in Sudan (former) as of 2024.
What is the difference in grassland — area from modis between Eastern Africa and Sudan (former)?
222,316 1000 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Sudan (former)?
11 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2011.
How do Eastern Africa and Sudan (former) rank globally for grassland — area from modis?
Eastern Africa ranks 8th and Sudan (former) ranks 10th 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.