Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in New Zealand

New Zealand: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 14,176 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
14,176 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
27th
of 241 countries
All-time high
14,261 1000 ha
in 2013
All-time low
13,964 1000 ha
in 1994
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in New Zealand, 1992–2022

05.0k10.0k15.0k1992200720221992: 14.0k 1000 ha1993: 14.0k 1000 ha1994: 14.0k 1000 ha1995: 14.0k 1000 ha1996: 14.0k 1000 ha1997: 14.0k 1000 ha1998: 14.1k 1000 ha1999: 14.1k 1000 ha2000: 14.2k 1000 ha2001: 14.2k 1000 ha2002: 14.2k 1000 ha2003: 14.2k 1000 ha2004: 14.2k 1000 ha2005: 14.2k 1000 ha2006: 14.2k 1000 ha2007: 14.2k 1000 ha2008: 14.2k 1000 ha2009: 14.2k 1000 ha2010: 14.2k 1000 ha2011: 14.2k 1000 ha2012: 14.2k 1000 ha2013: 14.3k 1000 ha2014: 14.3k 1000 ha2015: 14.3k 1000 ha2016: 14.2k 1000 ha2017: 14.2k 1000 ha2018: 14.2k 1000 ha2019: 14.2k 1000 ha2020: 14.2k 1000 ha2021: 14.2k 1000 ha2022: 14.2k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

New Zealand recorded 14,176 1000 ha for grassland — area from cci_lc in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in New Zealand peaked at 14,261 1000 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 13,964 1000 ha, in 1994.

New Zealand ranks 27th of 241 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 14,032 1000 ha 13,964 1000 ha 14,138 1000 ha 8
2000s 14,212 1000 ha 14,181 1000 ha 14,223 1000 ha 10
2010s 14,243 1000 ha 14,223 1000 ha 14,261 1000 ha 10
2020s 14,197 1000 ha 14,176 1000 ha 14,216 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 24 Niger 14,953 1000 ha compare
  2. 25 Kenya 14,904 1000 ha compare
  3. 26 Chad 14,658 1000 ha compare
  4. 28 Türkiye 14,064 1000 ha compare
  5. 29 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11,933 1000 ha compare
  6. 30 Ethiopia 11,677 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 New Zealand?
Grassland — area from cci_lc in New Zealand was 14,176 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 New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 14,261 1000 ha in 2013.
What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 13,964 1000 ha in 1994.
How does New Zealand rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
New Zealand ranks 27th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this New Zealand 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.