Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Eritrea
Eritrea: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 2,536 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Eritrea, 1993–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, grassland — area from cci_lc in Eritrea stood at 2,536 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Eritrea peaked at 2,545 1000 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,426 1000 ha, in 1998.
That places Eritrea 61st out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 2,436 1000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 2,436 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,431 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 2,431 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 2,430 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 2,426 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 2,440 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 2,455 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 2,461 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 2,462 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,468 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 2,512 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 2,516 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,517 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,517 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,514 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 2,517 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,525 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 2,526 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,525 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,526 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,518 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,517 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,521 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,522 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,539 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 2,545 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,544 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,543 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,536 1000 ha | -0.3% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 2,536 1000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 3,548 1000 ha, 71% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 2,536 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,020 1000 ha, 1.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,433 1000 ha | 2,426 1000 ha | 2,440 1000 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 2,494 1000 ha | 2,455 1000 ha | 2,517 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,526 1000 ha | 2,517 1000 ha | 2,545 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,541 1000 ha | 2,536 1000 ha | 2,544 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More environment data for Eritrea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -12.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 57.1 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.531 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 0.012 °C (2023)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6471 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
- 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 0.3665 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Eritrea?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Eritrea was 2,536 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 2,545 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,426 1000 ha in 1998.
- How does Eritrea rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Eritrea ranks 61st out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.