Grassland — Area from CGLS in Middle Africa

Middle Africa: Grassland — Area from CGLS was 21,487 1000 ha in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
21,487 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
15th
of 26 groups
All-time high
21,808 1000 ha
in 2016
All-time low
0 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Grassland — Area from CGLS in Middle Africa, 2015–2019

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k2015201720192015: 0 1000 ha2016: 21.8k 1000 ha2017: 21.7k 1000 ha2018: 21.5k 1000 ha2019: 21.5k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2019, grassland — area from cgls in Middle Africa stood at 21,487 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year.

That places Middle Africa 15th out of 26 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Middle Africa

  1. 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11,549 1000 ha compare
  2. 13 Namibia 11,540 1000 ha compare
  3. 14 Iceland 6,431 1000 ha compare
  4. 15 Tajikistan 6,228 1000 ha compare
  5. 16 France 5,894 1000 ha compare
  6. 17 Pakistan 5,514 1000 ha compare
  7. 18 Sweden 4,965 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from cgls in Middle Africa?
Grassland — area from cgls in Middle Africa was 21,487 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from cgls recorded in Middle Africa?
The highest recorded value was 21,808 1000 ha in 2016.
What is the lowest grassland — area from cgls recorded in Middle Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Middle Africa rank for grassland — area from cgls?
Middle Africa ranks 15th out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this Middle Africa 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.