Grassland — Area from CGLS in United States of America

United States of America: Grassland — Area from CGLS was 262,070 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
262,070 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.4%
Rank
7th
of 24 groups
All-time high
266,955 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
262,070 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Grassland — Area from CGLS in United States of America, 2015–2019

0100.0k200.0k300.0k2015201720192015: 267.0k 1000 ha2016: 265.0k 1000 ha2017: 263.7k 1000 ha2018: 263.1k 1000 ha2019: 262.1k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2019, grassland — area from cgls in United States of America stood at 262,070 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.8% over five years.

That places United States of America 7th out of 24 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Grassland — Area from CGLS in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Grassland — Area from CGLS in United States of America, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 266,955 1000 ha
2016 265,022 1000 ha -0.7%
2017 263,677 1000 ha -0.5%
2018 263,125 1000 ha -0.2%
2019 262,070 1000 ha -0.4%

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from cgls in United States of America?
Grassland — area from cgls in United States of America was 262,070 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from cgls recorded in United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 266,955 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest grassland — area from cgls recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 262,070 1000 ha in 2019.
How does United States of America rank for grassland — area from cgls?
United States of America ranks 7th out of 24 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this United States of America 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.