Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 176,526 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
176,526 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
9th
of 29 groups
All-time high
176,526 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
168,491 1000 ha
in 1995
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k1992200720221992: 168.6k 1000 ha1993: 168.6k 1000 ha1994: 168.6k 1000 ha1995: 168.5k 1000 ha1996: 168.6k 1000 ha1997: 168.8k 1000 ha1998: 169.1k 1000 ha1999: 170.0k 1000 ha2000: 170.6k 1000 ha2001: 170.9k 1000 ha2002: 171.1k 1000 ha2003: 171.0k 1000 ha2004: 171.8k 1000 ha2005: 171.8k 1000 ha2006: 171.9k 1000 ha2007: 172.0k 1000 ha2008: 172.0k 1000 ha2009: 172.2k 1000 ha2010: 172.6k 1000 ha2011: 173.0k 1000 ha2012: 173.3k 1000 ha2013: 173.4k 1000 ha2014: 173.5k 1000 ha2015: 173.6k 1000 ha2016: 173.1k 1000 ha2017: 173.3k 1000 ha2018: 174.9k 1000 ha2019: 176.2k 1000 ha2020: 176.5k 1000 ha2021: 176.5k 1000 ha2022: 176.5k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2022, grassland — area from cci_lc in Eastern Europe stood at 176,526 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Eastern Europe peaked at 176,526 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 168,491 1000 ha, in 1995.

Eastern Europe ranks 9th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 168,847 1000 ha 168,491 1000 ha 170,028 1000 ha 8
2000s 171,511 1000 ha 170,643 1000 ha 172,174 1000 ha 10
2010s 173,678 1000 ha 172,565 1000 ha 176,189 1000 ha 10
2020s 176,510 1000 ha 176,500 1000 ha 176,526 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Eastern Europe

  1. 6 Australia 139,821 1000 ha compare
  2. 7 Kazakhstan 88,010 1000 ha compare
  3. 8 Brazil 68,385 1000 ha compare
  4. 9 Namibia 39,228 1000 ha compare
  5. 10 Mongolia 34,123 1000 ha compare
  6. 11 Sudan (former) 27,129 1000 ha compare
  7. 12 India 24,970 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 Europe?
Grassland — area from cci_lc in Eastern Europe was 176,526 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 Europe?
The highest recorded value was 176,526 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Eastern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 168,491 1000 ha in 1995.
How does Eastern Europe rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
Eastern Europe ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Eastern Europe 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.