Madagascar vs United Republic of Tanzania: Grassland — Area from MODIS

Madagascar
40,125 1000 ha
in 2024
United Republic of Tanzania
39,390 1000 ha
in 2024
Madagascar rank
20th
United Republic of Tanzania rank
3rd

Grassland — Area from MODIS over time

  • Madagascar
  • United Republic of Tanzania
010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k200120122024

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 40,125 1000 ha against 39,390 1000 ha in United Republic of Tanzania, a difference of 735 1000 ha.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 20th and United Republic of Tanzania ranks 3rd of 223 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 1 and United Republic of Tanzania in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Madagascar United Republic of Tanzania Difference Ahead
2000s 36,914 1000 ha 37,117 1000 ha 203.1 1000 ha United Republic of Tanzania
2010s 38,289 1000 ha 39,163 1000 ha 873.68 1000 ha United Republic of Tanzania
2020s 39,619 1000 ha 39,447 1000 ha 172.04 1000 ha Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher grassland — area from modis, Madagascar or United Republic of Tanzania?
Madagascar, at 40,125 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 Madagascar and United Republic of Tanzania?
735 1000 ha, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and United Republic of Tanzania?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Madagascar and United Republic of Tanzania rank globally for grassland — area from modis?
Madagascar ranks 20th 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.