Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Sudan (former)

Sudan (former): Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 27,129 1000 ha in 2011. ▬ Flat

Latest (2011)
27,129 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
11th
of 241 countries
All-time high
27,334 1000 ha
in 1992
All-time low
26,970 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
20
1992–2011

Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Sudan (former), 1992–2011

010.0k20.0k30.0k1992200120111992: 27.3k 1000 ha1993: 27.3k 1000 ha1994: 27.3k 1000 ha1995: 27.3k 1000 ha1996: 27.3k 1000 ha1997: 27.2k 1000 ha1998: 27.2k 1000 ha1999: 27.2k 1000 ha2000: 27.0k 1000 ha2001: 27.0k 1000 ha2002: 27.0k 1000 ha2003: 27.0k 1000 ha2004: 27.0k 1000 ha2005: 27.1k 1000 ha2006: 27.0k 1000 ha2007: 27.1k 1000 ha2008: 27.1k 1000 ha2009: 27.1k 1000 ha2010: 27.2k 1000 ha2011: 27.1k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2011, grassland — area from cci_lc in Sudan (former) stood at 27,129 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Sudan (former) peaked at 27,334 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 26,970 1000 ha, in 2001.

That places Sudan (former) 11th out of 241 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 27,284 1000 ha 27,165 1000 ha 27,334 1000 ha 8
2000s 27,039 1000 ha 26,970 1000 ha 27,128 1000 ha 10
2010s 27,140 1000 ha 27,129 1000 ha 27,151 1000 ha 2

Countries ranked near Sudan (former)

  1. 8 Brazil 68,385 1000 ha compare
  2. 9 Namibia 39,228 1000 ha compare
  3. 10 Mongolia 34,123 1000 ha compare
  4. 12 India 24,970 1000 ha compare
  5. 13 Afghanistan 24,452 1000 ha compare
  6. 14 Sudan 23,947 1000 ha

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Sudan (former)?
Grassland — area from cci_lc in Sudan (former) was 27,129 1000 ha in 2011, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Sudan (former)?
The highest recorded value was 27,334 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Sudan (former)?
The lowest recorded value was 26,970 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Sudan (former) rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
Sudan (former) ranks 11th out of 241 countries with data for 2011.
Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Sudan (former)?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Sudan (former) 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.