Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Northern Europe

Northern Europe: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 29,600 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
29,600 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
19th
of 29 groups
All-time high
29,679 1000 ha
in 2020
All-time low
28,624 1000 ha
in 1998
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Northern Europe, 1992–2022

010.0k20.0k30.0k1992200720221992: 28.8k 1000 ha1993: 28.8k 1000 ha1994: 28.8k 1000 ha1995: 28.8k 1000 ha1996: 28.7k 1000 ha1997: 28.6k 1000 ha1998: 28.6k 1000 ha1999: 28.7k 1000 ha2000: 28.7k 1000 ha2001: 28.7k 1000 ha2002: 28.7k 1000 ha2003: 28.7k 1000 ha2004: 28.7k 1000 ha2005: 28.8k 1000 ha2006: 28.8k 1000 ha2007: 28.9k 1000 ha2008: 28.9k 1000 ha2009: 29.0k 1000 ha2010: 29.1k 1000 ha2011: 29.2k 1000 ha2012: 29.3k 1000 ha2013: 29.3k 1000 ha2014: 29.3k 1000 ha2015: 29.3k 1000 ha2016: 29.4k 1000 ha2017: 29.4k 1000 ha2018: 29.5k 1000 ha2019: 29.7k 1000 ha2020: 29.7k 1000 ha2021: 29.6k 1000 ha2022: 29.6k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Northern Europe recorded 29,600 1000 ha for grassland — area from cci_lc in 2022.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Northern Europe peaked at 29,679 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 28,624 1000 ha, in 1998.

Northern Europe ranks 19th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 28,736 1000 ha 28,624 1000 ha 28,833 1000 ha 8
2000s 28,797 1000 ha 28,695 1000 ha 29,006 1000 ha 10
2010s 29,349 1000 ha 29,104 1000 ha 29,667 1000 ha 10
2020s 29,643 1000 ha 29,600 1000 ha 29,679 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Northern Europe

  1. 16 Pakistan 18,978 1000 ha compare
  2. 17 Mexico 17,976 1000 ha compare
  3. 18 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 17,641 1000 ha compare
  4. 19 Angola 17,021 1000 ha compare
  5. 20 Colombia 16,820 1000 ha compare
  6. 21 Mali 16,352 1000 ha compare
  7. 22 Peru 16,314 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 Northern Europe?
Grassland — area from cci_lc in Northern Europe was 29,600 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 Northern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 29,679 1000 ha in 2020.
What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Northern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 28,624 1000 ha in 1998.
How does Northern Europe rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
Northern Europe ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Northern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Northern Europe 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.