Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Africa
Africa: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 285,203 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Africa, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grassland — area from cci_lc in Africa is 285,203 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Africa peaked at 287,224 1000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 285,203 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Africa 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 285,741 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 285,736 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 285,732 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 285,673 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 285,719 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 285,929 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 286,046 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 286,657 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 286,492 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 286,591 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 286,599 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 286,507 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 286,901 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 286,906 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 286,851 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 286,765 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 286,496 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 286,526 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 286,651 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 287,038 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 287,224 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 287,214 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 287,169 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 287,160 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 286,912 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 286,763 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 286,641 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 285,924 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 285,821 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 285,517 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 285,203 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 285,904 1000 ha | 285,673 1000 ha | 286,657 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 286,663 1000 ha | 286,492 1000 ha | 286,906 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 286,870 1000 ha | 285,924 1000 ha | 287,224 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 285,514 1000 ha | 285,203 1000 ha | 285,821 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 2 China, mainland 286,636 1000 ha compare
- 3 Russian Federation 161,932 1000 ha compare
- 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 17,641 1000 ha compare
- 4 Canada 161,646 1000 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 14,064 1000 ha compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11,933 1000 ha compare
- 5 Australia and New Zealand 153,998 1000 ha compare
- 6 Australia 139,821 1000 ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7,360 1000 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,147 1000 ha compare
- 7 Kazakhstan 88,010 1000 ha compare
- 8 Brazil 68,385 1000 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 5,330 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.213 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 5.54 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 32.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 714,851 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 3.78 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 182,147 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Africa?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Africa was 285,203 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 287,224 1000 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 285,203 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Africa rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Africa ranks 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grassland — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.