Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 2,390 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Zimbabwe, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 2,390 1000 ha for grassland — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Zimbabwe peaked at 2,919 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2,390 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Zimbabwe 62nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2,919 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 2,919 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,919 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,918 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 2,916 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 2,914 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 2,903 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 2,845 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 2,804 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 2,784 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 2,684 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 2,635 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 2,594 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 2,584 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 2,566 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 2,511 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 2,447 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 2,419 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 2,413 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 2,410 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,406 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,404 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,400 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 2,400 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,395 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,393 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,394 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,393 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,392 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,390 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,390 1000 ha | -0.0% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 2,390 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,267 1000 ha, 1.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 2,390 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,020 1000 ha, 1.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,907 1000 ha | 2,845 1000 ha | 2,919 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 2,603 1000 ha | 2,419 1000 ha | 2,804 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,401 1000 ha | 2,393 1000 ha | 2,413 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,390 1000 ha | 2,390 1000 ha | 2,392 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More environment data for Zimbabwe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.06 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.19 % 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 1.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Zimbabwe?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Zimbabwe was 2,390 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,919 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,390 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Zimbabwe ranks 62nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.