Grassland — Area from MODIS in Antarctica
Antarctica: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 9.74 1000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Antarctica, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grassland — area from modis in Antarctica is 9.74 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.4% on the previous year and down 73.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Antarctica peaked at 36.84 1000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2.4 1000 ha, in 2001.
Antarctica ranks 179th of 223 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Antarctica, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2.4 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 3.66 1000 ha | +52.5% |
| 2003 | 4.48 1000 ha | +22.4% |
| 2004 | 3.9 1000 ha | -12.9% |
| 2005 | 4.67 1000 ha | +19.7% |
| 2006 | 4.54 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 6.75 1000 ha | +48.7% |
| 2008 | 26.13 1000 ha | +287.1% |
| 2009 | 29.7 1000 ha | +13.7% |
| 2010 | 29.89 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 25.15 1000 ha | -15.9% |
| 2012 | 24.22 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 20.76 1000 ha | -14.3% |
| 2014 | 36.84 1000 ha | +77.5% |
| 2015 | 30.26 1000 ha | -17.9% |
| 2016 | 31.84 1000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 12.25 1000 ha | -61.5% |
| 2018 | 14.46 1000 ha | +18.0% |
| 2019 | 20.8 1000 ha | +43.8% |
| 2020 | 13.59 1000 ha | -34.7% |
| 2021 | 11.99 1000 ha | -11.8% |
| 2022 | 9.63 1000 ha | -19.7% |
| 2023 | 10.3 1000 ha | +7.0% |
| 2024 | 9.74 1000 ha | -5.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Grassland — Area from MODIS in Antarctica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +287.1% | 6.75 1000 ha | 26.13 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.58 1000 ha | 2.4 1000 ha | 29.7 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 24.65 1000 ha | 12.25 1000 ha | 36.84 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.05 1000 ha | 9.63 1000 ha | 13.59 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Antarctica
- 176 Saint Lucia 11.46 1000 ha compare
- 177 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 10.38 1000 ha compare
- 178 Antigua and Barbuda 10.08 1000 ha compare
- 180 Tonga 9.31 1000 ha compare
- 181 Samoa 8.75 1000 ha compare
- 182 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.34 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Antarctica
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.474 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (2025)
- Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC 10.16 1000 ha (2022)
- Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC 1.18 million 1000 ha (2022)
- Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC 33,779 1000 ha (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Antarctica?
- Grassland — area from modis in Antarctica was 9.74 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Antarctica?
- The highest recorded value was 36.84 1000 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Antarctica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Antarctica rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Antarctica ranks 179th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Antarctica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Antarctica 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.