Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Australia
Australia: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 139,821 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Australia, 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 Australia is 139,821 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Australia peaked at 140,444 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 127,089 1000 ha, in 1998.
Australia ranks 6th 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, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 127,990 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 127,990 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 127,990 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 127,674 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 127,348 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 127,364 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 127,089 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 127,279 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 128,016 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 128,084 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 128,315 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 128,700 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 129,536 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 129,293 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 129,089 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 128,956 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 128,759 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 128,810 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 128,596 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 128,675 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 128,878 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 129,302 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 130,028 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 130,028 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 130,531 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 131,184 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 137,572 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 138,991 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 140,444 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 140,115 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 139,821 1000 ha | -0.2% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 139,821 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 176.07 1000 ha, 794.1× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Australia's 139,821 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 63.47 1000 ha, 2202.9× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 127,590 1000 ha | 127,089 1000 ha | 127,990 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 128,756 1000 ha | 128,016 1000 ha | 129,536 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 131,378 1000 ha | 128,596 1000 ha | 138,991 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 140,127 1000 ha | 139,821 1000 ha | 140,444 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 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 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
- 9 Namibia 39,228 1000 ha compare
- 9 Viet Nam 2,095 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Australia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6708 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0861 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Australia?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Australia was 139,821 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?
- The highest recorded value was 140,444 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 127,089 1000 ha in 1998.
- How does Australia rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Australia ranks 6th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.