Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Germany

Germany: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 6,530 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
6,530 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
42nd
of 241 countries
All-time high
6,530 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
6,361 1000 ha
in 1997
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Germany, 1992–2022

02.0k4.0k6.0k1992200720221992: 6.4k 1000 ha1993: 6.4k 1000 ha1994: 6.4k 1000 ha1995: 6.4k 1000 ha1996: 6.4k 1000 ha1997: 6.4k 1000 ha1998: 6.4k 1000 ha1999: 6.4k 1000 ha2000: 6.4k 1000 ha2001: 6.4k 1000 ha2002: 6.4k 1000 ha2003: 6.4k 1000 ha2004: 6.4k 1000 ha2005: 6.4k 1000 ha2006: 6.4k 1000 ha2007: 6.4k 1000 ha2008: 6.4k 1000 ha2009: 6.4k 1000 ha2010: 6.4k 1000 ha2011: 6.4k 1000 ha2012: 6.5k 1000 ha2013: 6.5k 1000 ha2014: 6.5k 1000 ha2015: 6.5k 1000 ha2016: 6.5k 1000 ha2017: 6.5k 1000 ha2018: 6.5k 1000 ha2019: 6.5k 1000 ha2020: 6.5k 1000 ha2021: 6.5k 1000 ha2022: 6.5k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2022, grassland — area from cci_lc in Germany stood at 6,530 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Germany peaked at 6,530 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6,361 1000 ha, in 1997.

Germany ranks 42nd of 241 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 6,374 1000 ha 6,361 1000 ha 6,383 1000 ha 8
2000s 6,402 1000 ha 6,384 1000 ha 6,433 1000 ha 10
2010s 6,467 1000 ha 6,443 1000 ha 6,502 1000 ha 10
2020s 6,515 1000 ha 6,498 1000 ha 6,530 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 39 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7,360 1000 ha compare
  2. 40 Nigeria 7,233 1000 ha compare
  3. 41 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,147 1000 ha compare
  4. 43 Tajikistan 6,480 1000 ha compare
  5. 44 Greenland 6,245 1000 ha compare
  6. 45 Burkina Faso 5,710 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 Germany?
Grassland — area from cci_lc in Germany was 6,530 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 Germany?
The highest recorded value was 6,530 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 6,361 1000 ha in 1997.
How does Germany rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
Germany ranks 42nd out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Germany?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Germany 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.