Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 286.97 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
286.97 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
136th
of 241 countries
All-time high
339.84 1000 ha
in 1997
All-time low
286.97 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Costa Rica, 1992–2022

01002003001992200720221992: 333.5 1000 ha1993: 333.3 1000 ha1994: 333.1 1000 ha1995: 338.4 1000 ha1996: 338.4 1000 ha1997: 339.8 1000 ha1998: 339 1000 ha1999: 334.9 1000 ha2000: 328.1 1000 ha2001: 327.3 1000 ha2002: 325.6 1000 ha2003: 322.2 1000 ha2004: 315.5 1000 ha2005: 312.4 1000 ha2006: 310.5 1000 ha2007: 309.3 1000 ha2008: 305.9 1000 ha2009: 302.4 1000 ha2010: 301 1000 ha2011: 298.5 1000 ha2012: 297.9 1000 ha2013: 295.8 1000 ha2014: 287.7 1000 ha2015: 287.7 1000 ha2016: 287.4 1000 ha2017: 287.8 1000 ha2018: 287 1000 ha2019: 287 1000 ha2020: 287.8 1000 ha2021: 287 1000 ha2022: 287 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 286.97 1000 ha for grassland — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Costa Rica peaked at 339.84 1000 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 286.97 1000 ha, in 2022.

Costa Rica ranks 136th of 241 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 336.31 1000 ha 333.1 1000 ha 339.84 1000 ha 8
2000s 315.93 1000 ha 302.43 1000 ha 328.13 1000 ha 10
2010s 291.79 1000 ha 287.01 1000 ha 301.01 1000 ha 10
2020s 287.26 1000 ha 286.97 1000 ha 287.81 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 133 Republic of Korea 364.79 1000 ha compare
  2. 134 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 334.06 1000 ha compare
  3. 135 Guyana 305.04 1000 ha compare
  4. 137 Egypt 284.31 1000 ha compare
  5. 138 Tunisia 281.81 1000 ha compare
  6. 139 Eswatini 281.21 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Costa Rica?
Grassland — area from cci_lc in Costa Rica was 286.97 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 Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 339.84 1000 ha in 1997.
What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 286.97 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Costa Rica rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
Costa Rica ranks 136th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Costa Rica 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

Indicator
Grassland — 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.