Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Somalia
Somalia: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 7,401 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Somalia, 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 Somalia is 7,401 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Somalia peaked at 7,732 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 7,224 1000 ha, in 2011.
Somalia ranks 35th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Somalia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 7,732 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 7,732 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 7,732 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 7,730 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 7,730 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 7,725 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 7,667 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 7,511 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 7,463 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 7,410 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 7,388 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 7,373 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 7,371 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 7,350 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 7,346 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 7,341 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 7,296 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 7,267 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 7,225 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 7,224 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 7,231 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 7,238 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 7,248 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 7,248 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 7,242 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 7,245 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7,305 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 7,387 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 7,397 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 7,407 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 7,401 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 7,401 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 3,548 1000 ha, 2.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 7,401 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,020 1000 ha, 3.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,695 1000 ha | 7,511 1000 ha | 7,732 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 7,361 1000 ha | 7,267 1000 ha | 7,463 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,259 1000 ha | 7,224 1000 ha | 7,387 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,402 1000 ha | 7,397 1000 ha | 7,407 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More environment data for Somalia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -28.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -24.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.5029 % 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 -0.1376 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Somalia?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Somalia was 7,401 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 7,732 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,224 1000 ha in 2011.
- How does Somalia rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Somalia ranks 35th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.