Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Mongolia: Grassland — Area from MODIS

Lao People's Democratic Republic
2,639 1000 ha
in 2024
Mongolia
100,380 1000 ha
in 2024
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
9th
Mongolia rank
9th

Grassland — Area from MODIS over time

  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Mongolia
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k200120122024

How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 100,380 1000 ha against 2,639 1000 ha in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 97,741 1000 ha.

That makes Mongolia's figure about 38.0 times Lao People's Democratic Republic's.

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

Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 9th and Mongolia ranks 9th of 20 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Lao People's Democratic Republic Mongolia Difference Ahead
2000s 1,327 1000 ha 98,281 1000 ha 96,954 1000 ha Mongolia
2010s 1,787 1000 ha 99,973 1000 ha 98,186 1000 ha Mongolia
2020s 2,519 1000 ha 101,020 1000 ha 98,501 1000 ha Mongolia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher grassland — area from modis, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Mongolia?
Mongolia, at 100,380 1000 ha against 2,639 1000 ha in Lao People's Democratic Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in grassland — area from modis between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Mongolia?
97,741 1000 ha, with Mongolia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Mongolia?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Mongolia rank globally for grassland — area from modis?
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 9th and Mongolia ranks 9th of 20 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.