Iran (Islamic Republic of) vs South America: Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
23,553 1000 ha
in 2022
South America
230,416 1000 ha
in 2022
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
4th
South America rank
7th

Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • South America
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How they compare

South America currently reports 230,416 1000 ha against 23,553 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of), a difference of 206,863 1000 ha.

That makes South America's figure about 9.8 times Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s.

Across all 31 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.

Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 4th and South America ranks 7th of 20 countries.

South America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iran (Islamic Republic of) South America Difference Ahead
1990s 22,513 1000 ha 207,835 1000 ha 185,323 1000 ha South America
2000s 23,498 1000 ha 219,033 1000 ha 195,535 1000 ha South America
2010s 23,560 1000 ha 227,952 1000 ha 204,392 1000 ha South America
2020s 23,553 1000 ha 230,750 1000 ha 207,198 1000 ha South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc, Iran (Islamic Republic of) or South America?
South America, at 230,416 1000 ha against 23,553 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of) as of 2022.
What is the difference in herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc between Iran (Islamic Republic of) and South America?
206,863 1000 ha, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran (Islamic Republic of) and South America?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Iran (Islamic Republic of) and South America rank globally for herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc?
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 4th and South America ranks 7th of 20 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
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.