Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in South America
South America: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 169,342 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in South America, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 169,342 1000 ha for grassland — area from cci_lc in 2022.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in South America peaked at 170,924 1000 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 160,991 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places South America 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 162,867 1000 ha | 160,991 1000 ha | 165,798 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 169,029 1000 ha | 166,322 1000 ha | 170,706 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 170,831 1000 ha | 170,623 1000 ha | 170,924 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 169,933 1000 ha | 169,342 1000 ha | 170,522 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 7 Kazakhstan 88,010 1000 ha compare
- 8 Brazil 68,385 1000 ha compare
- 9 Namibia 39,228 1000 ha compare
- 10 Mongolia 34,123 1000 ha compare
- 11 Sudan (former) 27,129 1000 ha compare
- 12 India 24,970 1000 ha compare
- 13 Afghanistan 24,452 1000 ha compare
More environment data for South America
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 68.69 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 23.13 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 22.86 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 1.78 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 22.89 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 720,788 t (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 501,085 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 1.75 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 22.62 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 9.97 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in South America?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in South America was 169,342 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 170,924 1000 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 160,991 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does South America rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- South America ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.