Australia vs United States of America: Land cover and land cover change — Grassland

Australia
1.31 million Square kilometres
in 2022
United States of America
1.72 million Square kilometres
in 2022
Australia rank
5th
United States of America rank
3rd

Land cover and land cover change — Grassland over time

  • Australia
  • United States of America
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How they compare

United States of America currently reports 1.72 million Square kilometres against 1.31 million Square kilometres in Australia, a difference of 407,600 Square kilometres.

That makes United States of America's figure about 1.3 times Australia's.

Across all 6 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 5th and United States of America ranks 3rd of 207 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia United States of America Difference Ahead
2000s 1.21 million Square kilometres 1.72 million Square kilometres 507,380 Square kilometres United States of America
2010s 1.22 million Square kilometres 1.71 million Square kilometres 498,495 Square kilometres United States of America
2020s 1.32 million Square kilometres 1.72 million Square kilometres 404,305 Square kilometres United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher land cover and land cover change — grassland, Australia or United States of America?
United States of America, at 1.72 million Square kilometres against 1.31 million Square kilometres in Australia as of 2022.
What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — grassland between Australia and United States of America?
407,600 Square kilometres, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United States of America?
6 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
How do Australia and United States of America rank globally for land cover and land cover change — grassland?
Australia ranks 5th and United States of America ranks 3rd of 207 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Land cover and land cover change — Grassland. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Land cover and land cover change — Grassland
Unit
Square kilometres
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
1,053 places, 6,318 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed

The land cover dataset provides a global assessment of land cover and land cover change to monitor pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity. By using geospatial data with high spatio-temporal resolution, it develops a set of internationally comparable indicators with a long time series and a five-year interval from 2000 to 2022 for the Climate Change Initiative Land Cover dataset, and from 1975 to 2030 for the Global Human Settlement Layer dataset. Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The dataset has a global coverage on the national level, while on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. The following country aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas, the LAC region and the World. Data source(s): Climate Change Initiative land cover data and Global Human Settlement Layer built-up area data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Database documentation