Grassland — Area from MODIS in Africa
Africa: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 803,115 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 803,115 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Africa peaked at 803,115 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 713,623 1000 ha, in 2001.
Africa ranks 3rd of 26 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 713,623 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 735,063 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 743,570 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 757,259 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 764,914 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 776,750 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 768,507 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 767,050 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 766,280 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 763,210 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 771,397 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 775,308 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 782,919 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 780,758 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 781,124 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 777,040 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 772,790 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 773,497 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 777,331 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 784,096 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 790,034 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 789,428 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 799,396 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 803,115 1000 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 754,780 1000 ha | 713,623 1000 ha | 776,750 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 775,537 1000 ha | 763,210 1000 ha | 782,919 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 793,214 1000 ha | 784,096 1000 ha | 803,115 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 1 China 277,032 1000 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 276,956 1000 ha compare
- 3 Russian Federation 229,288 1000 ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 39,390 1000 ha compare
- 4 Kazakhstan 228,984 1000 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 36,740 1000 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 34,085 1000 ha compare
- 5 Australia and New Zealand 217,264 1000 ha compare
- 6 Australia 207,497 1000 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,755 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.213 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 5.54 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 32.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 714,851 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 3.78 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 182,147 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Africa?
- Grassland — area from modis in Africa was 803,115 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 803,115 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 713,623 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Africa rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Africa ranks 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa 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.