Grassland — Area from CGLS in Greenland
Greenland: Grassland — Area from CGLS was 16,935 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Grassland — Area from CGLS in Greenland, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2019, grassland — area from cgls in Greenland stood at 16,935 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.8% over five years.
That places Greenland 9th out of 36 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
Grassland — Area from CGLS in Greenland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17,237 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 17,132 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 17,066 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 16,985 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 16,935 1000 ha | -0.3% |
Greenland compared with similar countries
- Greenland's 16,935 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,352 1000 ha, 12.5× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Greenland's 16,935 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,888 1000 ha, 5.9× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 6 Mongolia 87,553 1000 ha compare
- 7 South Africa 62,225 1000 ha compare
- 8 Peru 30,593 1000 ha compare
- 10 Uzbekistan 16,551 1000 ha compare
- 11 Norway 15,248 1000 ha compare
- 12 Kyrgyzstan 14,902 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Greenland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3961 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 2.17 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.605 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 17.66 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.59 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 3,871 million SLC (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 544.27 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 4,722 million SLC (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cgls in Greenland?
- Grassland — area from cgls in Greenland was 16,935 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from cgls recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 17,237 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cgls recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,935 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Greenland rank for grassland — area from cgls?
- Greenland ranks 9th out of 36 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Greenland 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
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.