Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Mongolia

Mongolia: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 34,123 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
34,123 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
10th
of 241 countries
All-time high
34,294 1000 ha
in 2020
All-time low
32,155 1000 ha
in 2002
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Mongolia, 1992–2022

010.0k20.0k30.0k1992200720221992: 32.2k 1000 ha1993: 32.2k 1000 ha1994: 32.2k 1000 ha1995: 32.2k 1000 ha1996: 32.2k 1000 ha1997: 32.3k 1000 ha1998: 32.3k 1000 ha1999: 32.3k 1000 ha2000: 32.2k 1000 ha2001: 32.2k 1000 ha2002: 32.2k 1000 ha2003: 32.2k 1000 ha2004: 32.4k 1000 ha2005: 32.5k 1000 ha2006: 32.5k 1000 ha2007: 32.6k 1000 ha2008: 32.7k 1000 ha2009: 32.8k 1000 ha2010: 32.9k 1000 ha2011: 33.0k 1000 ha2012: 33.2k 1000 ha2013: 33.3k 1000 ha2014: 33.4k 1000 ha2015: 33.4k 1000 ha2016: 33.3k 1000 ha2017: 33.3k 1000 ha2018: 33.8k 1000 ha2019: 34.1k 1000 ha2020: 34.3k 1000 ha2021: 34.2k 1000 ha2022: 34.1k 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 Mongolia is 34,123 1000 ha, measured in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Mongolia peaked at 34,294 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 32,155 1000 ha, in 2002.

That places Mongolia 10th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 32,242 1000 ha 32,213 1000 ha 32,304 1000 ha 8
2000s 32,427 1000 ha 32,155 1000 ha 32,794 1000 ha 10
2010s 33,378 1000 ha 32,890 1000 ha 34,087 1000 ha 10
2020s 34,205 1000 ha 34,123 1000 ha 34,294 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Mongolia

  1. 7 Kazakhstan 88,010 1000 ha compare
  2. 8 Brazil 68,385 1000 ha compare
  3. 9 Namibia 39,228 1000 ha compare
  4. 11 Sudan (former) 27,129 1000 ha compare
  5. 12 India 24,970 1000 ha compare
  6. 13 Afghanistan 24,452 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 Mongolia?
Grassland — area from cci_lc in Mongolia was 34,123 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 Mongolia?
The highest recorded value was 34,294 1000 ha in 2020.
What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Mongolia?
The lowest recorded value was 32,155 1000 ha in 2002.
How does Mongolia rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
Mongolia ranks 10th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Mongolia?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mongolia 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.