Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Namibia
Namibia: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 39,228 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Namibia, 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 Namibia is 39,228 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Namibia peaked at 39,499 1000 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 37,351 1000 ha, in 1994.
Namibia ranks 9th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Namibia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 37,352 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 37,352 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 37,351 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 37,377 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 37,405 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 37,480 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 37,499 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 37,653 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 37,847 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 37,977 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 38,103 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 38,166 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 38,552 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 38,615 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 38,748 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 38,808 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 38,978 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 39,091 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 39,213 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 39,470 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 39,495 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 39,499 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 39,495 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 39,495 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 39,469 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 39,450 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 39,482 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 39,477 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 39,468 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 39,406 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 39,228 1000 ha | -0.5% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 39,228 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,267 1000 ha, 31.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 39,228 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,020 1000 ha, 19.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37,434 1000 ha | 37,351 1000 ha | 37,653 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 38,489 1000 ha | 37,847 1000 ha | 39,091 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,454 1000 ha | 39,213 1000 ha | 39,499 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,367 1000 ha | 39,228 1000 ha | 39,468 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 6 Australia 139,821 1000 ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7,360 1000 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,147 1000 ha compare
- 7 Kazakhstan 88,010 1000 ha compare
- 8 Brazil 68,385 1000 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 5,330 1000 ha compare
- 9 Viet Nam 2,095 1000 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,526 1000 ha compare
- 10 Mongolia 34,123 1000 ha compare
- 11 Sudan (former) 27,129 1000 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 1,180 1000 ha compare
- 12 India 24,970 1000 ha compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 490.79 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Namibia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.319 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.979 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- 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 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Namibia?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Namibia was 39,228 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 39,499 1000 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 37,351 1000 ha in 1994.
- How does Namibia rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Namibia ranks 9th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.