Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Western Asia

Western Asia: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 18,854 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
18,854 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
25th
of 29 groups
All-time high
19,062 1000 ha
in 2004
All-time low
18,783 1000 ha
in 1992
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Western Asia, 1992–2022

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k1992200720221992: 18.8k 1000 ha1993: 18.8k 1000 ha1994: 18.8k 1000 ha1995: 18.8k 1000 ha1996: 18.8k 1000 ha1997: 18.9k 1000 ha1998: 18.9k 1000 ha1999: 19.0k 1000 ha2000: 19.0k 1000 ha2001: 19.0k 1000 ha2002: 19.0k 1000 ha2003: 19.0k 1000 ha2004: 19.1k 1000 ha2005: 19.0k 1000 ha2006: 19.0k 1000 ha2007: 19.0k 1000 ha2008: 19.0k 1000 ha2009: 19.0k 1000 ha2010: 19.0k 1000 ha2011: 19.0k 1000 ha2012: 19.0k 1000 ha2013: 19.0k 1000 ha2014: 19.0k 1000 ha2015: 19.0k 1000 ha2016: 19.0k 1000 ha2017: 19.0k 1000 ha2018: 19.0k 1000 ha2019: 18.9k 1000 ha2020: 18.9k 1000 ha2021: 18.9k 1000 ha2022: 18.9k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Western Asia recorded 18,854 1000 ha for grassland — area from cci_lc in 2022.

That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Western Asia peaked at 19,062 1000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 18,783 1000 ha, in 1992.

That places Western Asia 25th out of 29 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 18,845 1000 ha 18,783 1000 ha 18,954 1000 ha 8
2000s 19,032 1000 ha 18,998 1000 ha 19,062 1000 ha 10
2010s 18,988 1000 ha 18,945 1000 ha 19,023 1000 ha 10
2020s 18,895 1000 ha 18,854 1000 ha 18,933 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Western Asia

  1. 22 Peru 16,314 1000 ha compare
  2. 23 Argentina 15,212 1000 ha compare
  3. 24 Niger 14,953 1000 ha compare
  4. 25 Kenya 14,904 1000 ha compare
  5. 26 Chad 14,658 1000 ha compare
  6. 27 New Zealand 14,176 1000 ha compare
  7. 28 Türkiye 14,064 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 Western Asia?
Grassland — area from cci_lc in Western Asia was 18,854 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 Western Asia?
The highest recorded value was 19,062 1000 ha in 2004.
What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Western Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 18,783 1000 ha in 1992.
How does Western Asia rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
Western Asia ranks 25th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Western Asia?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Western Asia 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.