Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 153,998 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Australia and New Zealand, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, grassland — area from cci_lc in Australia and New Zealand stood at 153,998 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 154,661 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 141,171 1000 ha, in 1998.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 141,962 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 141,959 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 141,956 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 141,719 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 141,390 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 141,413 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 141,171 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 141,418 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 142,198 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 142,287 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 142,526 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 142,920 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 143,760 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 143,514 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 143,307 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 143,172 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 142,976 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 143,035 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 142,830 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 142,914 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 143,127 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 143,565 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 144,283 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 144,283 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 144,781 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 145,428 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 151,805 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 153,215 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 154,661 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 154,315 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 153,998 1000 ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 141,624 1000 ha | 141,171 1000 ha | 141,962 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 142,970 1000 ha | 142,198 1000 ha | 143,760 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 145,623 1000 ha | 142,830 1000 ha | 153,215 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 154,325 1000 ha | 153,998 1000 ha | 154,661 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 2 China, mainland 286,636 1000 ha compare
- 3 Russian Federation 161,932 1000 ha compare
- 4 Canada 161,646 1000 ha compare
- 6 Australia 139,821 1000 ha compare
- 7 Kazakhstan 88,010 1000 ha compare
- 8 Brazil 68,385 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Australia and New Zealand
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.335 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 4.99 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 32,246 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 16.72 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.63 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Australia and New Zealand?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Australia and New Zealand was 153,998 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 Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 154,661 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 141,171 1000 ha in 1998.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.