France vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Grassland — Area from MODIS

France
4,288 1000 ha
in 2024
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
4,568 1000 ha
in 2024
France rank
58th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
55th

Grassland — Area from MODIS over time

  • France
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
02.0k4.0k6.0k200120122024

How they compare

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland currently reports 4,568 1000 ha against 4,288 1000 ha in France, a difference of 280 1000 ha.

That makes United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's figure about 1.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was France ahead.

France ranks 58th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 55th of 223 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, France averaged higher in 1 and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade France United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
2000s 4,094 1000 ha 4,031 1000 ha 63.07 1000 ha France
2010s 3,935 1000 ha 4,696 1000 ha 761.38 1000 ha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2020s 3,795 1000 ha 4,865 1000 ha 1,070 1000 ha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher grassland — area from modis, France or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at 4,568 1000 ha against 4,288 1000 ha in France as of 2024.
What is the difference in grassland — area from modis between France and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
280 1000 ha, with United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do France and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for grassland — area from modis?
France ranks 58th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 55th 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.