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
Grassland — Area from CGLS in United States of America, 2015–2019
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
| 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% |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 5 Kazakhstan 213,222 1000 ha compare
- 6 Mongolia 87,553 1000 ha compare
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- 9 Greenland 16,935 1000 ha compare
- 10 Uzbekistan 16,551 1000 ha compare
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.306 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.76 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 11.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 5.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 8.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, annual growth rate 1.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 728,131 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate -4.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 434,660 1000 USD (2024)
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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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.