United Republic of Tanzania vs Western Asia: Grassland — Area from MODIS

United Republic of Tanzania
39,390 1000 ha
in 2024
Western Asia
60,770 1000 ha
in 2024
United Republic of Tanzania rank
3rd
Western Asia rank
17th

Grassland — Area from MODIS over time

  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Western Asia
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How they compare

Western Asia currently reports 60,770 1000 ha against 39,390 1000 ha in United Republic of Tanzania, a difference of 21,380 1000 ha.

That makes Western Asia's figure about 1.5 times United Republic of Tanzania's.

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

United Republic of Tanzania ranks 3rd and Western Asia ranks 17th of 20 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade United Republic of Tanzania Western Asia Difference Ahead
2000s 37,117 1000 ha 60,802 1000 ha 23,685 1000 ha Western Asia
2010s 39,163 1000 ha 59,455 1000 ha 20,292 1000 ha Western Asia
2020s 39,447 1000 ha 60,808 1000 ha 21,362 1000 ha Western Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher grassland — area from modis, United Republic of Tanzania or Western Asia?
Western Asia, at 60,770 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 United Republic of Tanzania and Western Asia?
21,380 1000 ha, with Western Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United Republic of Tanzania and Western Asia?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do United Republic of Tanzania and Western Asia rank globally for grassland — area from modis?
United Republic of Tanzania ranks 3rd and Western Asia ranks 17th 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.