Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in French Guiana
French Guiana: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 21.6 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in French Guiana, 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 French Guiana is 21.6 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in French Guiana peaked at 21.6 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 11.74 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places French Guiana 164th 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 31 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in French Guiana, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 11.74 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 11.99 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 11.99 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 12.42 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 12.63 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 12.94 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 13.13 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 13.94 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 14.11 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 14.17 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 14.23 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 14.34 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 20.48 1000 ha | +42.8% |
| 2005 | 20.49 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 20.51 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 20.52 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 20.51 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 20.51 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 20.51 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 20.51 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 20.6 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 20.59 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 20.63 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 20.64 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 20.63 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 20.64 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 20.7 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 20.75 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 20.75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 21.19 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 21.6 1000 ha | +1.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in French Guiana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +42.8% | 14.34 1000 ha | 20.48 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.6 1000 ha | 11.74 1000 ha | 13.94 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 17.99 1000 ha | 14.11 1000 ha | 20.52 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.62 1000 ha | 20.51 1000 ha | 20.75 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.18 1000 ha | 20.75 1000 ha | 21.6 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near French Guiana
- 161 Trinidad and Tobago 26.24 1000 ha compare
- 162 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 25.93 1000 ha compare
- 163 Oman 21.71 1000 ha compare
- 165 French Polynesia 19.16 1000 ha compare
- 166 Mauritius 17.89 1000 ha compare
- 167 Northern Mariana Islands 17.26 1000 ha compare
More environment data for French Guiana
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.45 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.218 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.71 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 3.44 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 935 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.64 g/Int$ (2005)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 400 t (2001)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 823 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in French Guiana?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in French Guiana was 21.6 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 French Guiana?
- The highest recorded value was 21.6 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in French Guiana?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.74 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does French Guiana rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- French Guiana ranks 164th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in French Guiana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this French Guiana 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.