Grassland — Area from CGLS in Canada

Canada: Grassland — Area from CGLS was 293,294 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
293,294 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
2nd
of 36 countries
All-time high
297,788 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
293,294 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Grassland — Area from CGLS in Canada, 2015–2019

0100.0k200.0k300.0k2015201720192015: 297.8k 1000 ha2016: 296.0k 1000 ha2017: 294.8k 1000 ha2018: 293.9k 1000 ha2019: 293.3k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2019, grassland — area from cgls in Canada stood at 293,294 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.5% over five years.

Canada ranks 2nd of 36 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Grassland — Area from CGLS in Canada, year by year

Annual values for Grassland — Area from CGLS in Canada, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 297,788 1000 ha —
2016 296,017 1000 ha -0.6%
2017 294,822 1000 ha -0.4%
2018 293,913 1000 ha -0.3%
2019 293,294 1000 ha -0.2%

Canada compared with similar countries

  • Canada's 293,294 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,352 1000 ha, 216.9× the median. (15 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Canada

  1. 1 Russian Federation 432,201 1000 ha compare
  2. 3 China 226,238 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 China, mainland 226,238 1000 ha compare
  4. 3 Melanesia 0 1000 ha
  5. 3 Micronesia 0 1000 ha
  6. 3 Polynesia 0 1000 ha
  7. 5 Kazakhstan 213,222 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from cgls in Canada?
Grassland — area from cgls in Canada was 293,294 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from cgls recorded in Canada?
The highest recorded value was 297,788 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest grassland — area from cgls recorded in Canada?
The lowest recorded value was 293,294 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Canada rank for grassland — area from cgls?
Canada ranks 2nd out of 36 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Canada 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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About this data

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.