Grassland — Area from CGLS in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan: Grassland — Area from CGLS was 2,913 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
2,913 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
20th
of 36 countries
All-time high
2,931 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
2,913 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Grassland — Area from CGLS in Azerbaijan, 2015–2019

01.0k2.0k3.0k2015201720192015: 2.9k 1000 ha2016: 2.9k 1000 ha2017: 2.9k 1000 ha2018: 2.9k 1000 ha2019: 2.9k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for grassland — area from cgls in Azerbaijan is 2,913 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

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

That places Azerbaijan 20th out of 36 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Grassland — Area from CGLS in Azerbaijan, year by year

Annual values for Grassland — Area from CGLS in Azerbaijan, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 2,931 1000 ha —
2016 2,925 1000 ha -0.2%
2017 2,920 1000 ha -0.2%
2018 2,915 1000 ha -0.1%
2019 2,913 1000 ha -0.1%

Azerbaijan compared with similar countries

  • Azerbaijan's 2,913 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 30,593 1000 ha, 10% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
  • Azerbaijan's 2,913 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,888 1000 ha, 1.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Azerbaijan

  1. 17 France 5,894 1000 ha compare
  2. 18 Pakistan 5,514 1000 ha compare
  3. 18 Caribbean 0 1000 ha
  4. 19 Sweden 4,965 1000 ha compare
  5. 21 Italy 2,863 1000 ha compare
  6. 22 Nepal 2,138 1000 ha compare
  7. 23 Georgia 1,959 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from cgls in Azerbaijan?
Grassland — area from cgls in Azerbaijan was 2,913 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from cgls recorded in Azerbaijan?
The highest recorded value was 2,931 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest grassland — area from cgls recorded in Azerbaijan?
The lowest recorded value was 2,913 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Azerbaijan rank for grassland — area from cgls?
Azerbaijan ranks 20th out of 36 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Azerbaijan data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grassland — Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Grassland — Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
65 places, 325 data points, 2015–2019
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.