Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Eastern Asia

Eastern Asia: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 323,008 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
323,008 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
5th
of 29 groups
All-time high
326,241 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
323,008 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Eastern Asia, 1992–2022

0100.0k200.0k300.0k1992200720221992: 324.2k 1000 ha1993: 324.2k 1000 ha1994: 324.2k 1000 ha1995: 323.5k 1000 ha1996: 323.2k 1000 ha1997: 323.0k 1000 ha1998: 323.0k 1000 ha1999: 323.4k 1000 ha2000: 323.2k 1000 ha2001: 323.1k 1000 ha2002: 323.5k 1000 ha2003: 323.6k 1000 ha2004: 323.8k 1000 ha2005: 323.9k 1000 ha2006: 324.0k 1000 ha2007: 324.4k 1000 ha2008: 324.6k 1000 ha2009: 324.6k 1000 ha2010: 324.8k 1000 ha2011: 325.3k 1000 ha2012: 325.8k 1000 ha2013: 325.9k 1000 ha2014: 326.2k 1000 ha2015: 326.2k 1000 ha2016: 325.7k 1000 ha2017: 325.4k 1000 ha2018: 325.0k 1000 ha2019: 324.6k 1000 ha2020: 324.4k 1000 ha2021: 323.7k 1000 ha2022: 323.0k 1000 ha

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 Eastern Asia is 323,008 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Eastern Asia peaked at 326,241 1000 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 323,008 1000 ha, in 2022.

That places Eastern Asia 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 323,598 1000 ha 323,020 1000 ha 324,238 1000 ha 8
2000s 323,854 1000 ha 323,058 1000 ha 324,580 1000 ha 10
2010s 325,501 1000 ha 324,617 1000 ha 326,241 1000 ha 10
2020s 323,700 1000 ha 323,008 1000 ha 324,435 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Eastern Asia

  1. 2 China, mainland 286,636 1000 ha compare
  2. 3 Russian Federation 161,932 1000 ha compare
  3. 4 Canada 161,646 1000 ha compare
  4. 5 Australia and New Zealand 153,998 1000 ha compare
  5. 6 Australia 139,821 1000 ha compare
  6. 7 Kazakhstan 88,010 1000 ha compare
  7. 8 Brazil 68,385 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 Eastern Asia?
Grassland — area from cci_lc in Eastern Asia was 323,008 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 Eastern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 326,241 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Eastern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 323,008 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Eastern Asia rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
Eastern Asia ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Eastern Asia 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.