Grassland — Area from MODIS in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 23,931 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Afghanistan, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, grassland — area from modis in Afghanistan stood at 23,931 1000 ha.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Afghanistan peaked at 25,756 1000 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 19,518 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Afghanistan 30th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23,530 1000 ha | 19,518 1000 ha | 25,604 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 25,067 1000 ha | 23,904 1000 ha | 25,756 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,018 1000 ha | 23,716 1000 ha | 24,548 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 27 Somalia 25,963 1000 ha compare
- 28 Burkina Faso 25,374 1000 ha compare
- 29 Niger 25,190 1000 ha compare
- 31 South Sudan 22,963 1000 ha compare
- 32 Zambia 22,707 1000 ha compare
- 33 Mozambique 20,467 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Afghanistan
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 39.69 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 3,208 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 64 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 46 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 78.78 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 30,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.71 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 271 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 20.51 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 7,811 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Afghanistan?
- Grassland — area from modis in Afghanistan was 23,931 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 25,756 1000 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,518 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Afghanistan rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Afghanistan ranks 30th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grassland — Area from MODIS. 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.