Grassland — Area from CGLS in South Africa
South Africa: Grassland — Area from CGLS was 62,225 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Grassland — Area from CGLS in South Africa, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grassland — area from cgls in South Africa is 62,225 1000 ha, measured in 2019.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.0% over five years.
That places South Africa 7th out of 36 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
Grassland — Area from CGLS in South Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 62,223 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 62,387 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 62,373 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 62,379 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 62,225 1000 ha | -0.2% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 62,225 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 30,593 1000 ha, 2.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 5 Kazakhstan 213,222 1000 ha compare
- 6 Mongolia 87,553 1000 ha compare
- 8 Peru 30,593 1000 ha compare
- 9 Greenland 16,935 1000 ha compare
- 10 Uzbekistan 16,551 1000 ha compare
More environment data for South Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 8.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.275 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.59 % 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 0.2953 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cgls in South Africa?
- Grassland — area from cgls in South Africa was 62,225 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from cgls recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 62,387 1000 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cgls recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 62,223 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does South Africa rank for grassland — area from cgls?
- South Africa ranks 7th out of 36 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this South 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
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.