Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Switzerland
Switzerland: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 1,327 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Switzerland, 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 Switzerland is 1,327 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Switzerland peaked at 1,327 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,226 1000 ha, in 1993.
That places Switzerland 78th out of 224 countries 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.
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,226 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1,226 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,226 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,230 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 1,231 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,233 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 1,248 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 1,267 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 1,275 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 1,277 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,280 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,283 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,294 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 1,295 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,295 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,295 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,295 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,295 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,300 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,304 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,305 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,307 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,320 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 1,320 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,320 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,320 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,322 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,325 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,326 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,326 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,327 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 1,327 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 176.07 1000 ha, 7.5× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 1,327 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 949.57 1000 ha, 1.4× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,236 1000 ha | 1,226 1000 ha | 1,267 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,288 1000 ha | 1,275 1000 ha | 1,295 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,314 1000 ha | 1,300 1000 ha | 1,325 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,326 1000 ha | 1,326 1000 ha | 1,327 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More environment data for Switzerland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.2925 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.4333 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.458 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.33 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 11.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2741 % 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 0.0914 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Switzerland?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Switzerland was 1,327 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,327 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,226 1000 ha in 1993.
- How does Switzerland rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Switzerland ranks 78th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.