Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Africa

Southern Africa: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 68,598 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
68,598 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.3%
Rank
15th
of 29 groups
All-time high
69,072 1000 ha
in 2012
All-time low
67,087 1000 ha
in 1994
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Africa, 1992–2022

020.0k40.0k60.0k1992200720221992: 67.1k 1000 ha1993: 67.1k 1000 ha1994: 67.1k 1000 ha1995: 67.1k 1000 ha1996: 67.2k 1000 ha1997: 67.3k 1000 ha1998: 67.3k 1000 ha1999: 67.6k 1000 ha2000: 67.7k 1000 ha2001: 67.8k 1000 ha2002: 67.9k 1000 ha2003: 68.0k 1000 ha2004: 68.3k 1000 ha2005: 68.3k 1000 ha2006: 68.4k 1000 ha2007: 68.5k 1000 ha2008: 68.6k 1000 ha2009: 68.7k 1000 ha2010: 68.8k 1000 ha2011: 69.1k 1000 ha2012: 69.1k 1000 ha2013: 69.1k 1000 ha2014: 69.1k 1000 ha2015: 69.1k 1000 ha2016: 69.0k 1000 ha2017: 69.0k 1000 ha2018: 69.0k 1000 ha2019: 68.9k 1000 ha2020: 68.9k 1000 ha2021: 68.8k 1000 ha2022: 68.6k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Southern Africa recorded 68,598 1000 ha for grassland — area from cci_lc in 2022.

That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Southern Africa peaked at 69,072 1000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 67,087 1000 ha, in 1994.

Southern Africa ranks 15th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 67,231 1000 ha 67,087 1000 ha 67,641 1000 ha 8
2000s 68,230 1000 ha 67,715 1000 ha 68,695 1000 ha 10
2010s 69,004 1000 ha 68,803 1000 ha 69,072 1000 ha 10
2020s 68,755 1000 ha 68,598 1000 ha 68,878 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Southern Africa

  1. 12 India 24,970 1000 ha compare
  2. 13 Afghanistan 24,452 1000 ha compare
  3. 14 Sudan 23,947 1000 ha compare
  4. 15 Madagascar 21,696 1000 ha compare
  5. 16 Pakistan 18,978 1000 ha compare
  6. 17 Mexico 17,976 1000 ha compare
  7. 18 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 17,641 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 Southern Africa?
Grassland — area from cci_lc in Southern Africa was 68,598 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 Southern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 69,072 1000 ha in 2012.
What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Southern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 67,087 1000 ha in 1994.
How does Southern Africa rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
Southern Africa ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Southern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Southern Africa 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.