Grassland — Area from MODIS in Benin
Benin: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 4,450 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Benin, 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 Benin is 4,450 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and up 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Benin peaked at 4,450 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,630 1000 ha, in 2003.
That places Benin 56th out of 223 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.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Benin, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,818 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2,783 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 2,630 1000 ha | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 2,887 1000 ha | +9.8% |
| 2005 | 3,094 1000 ha | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 3,179 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 3,167 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 3,012 1000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 3,073 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 3,102 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 3,364 1000 ha | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 3,474 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 3,765 1000 ha | +8.4% |
| 2014 | 3,727 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 3,773 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 3,627 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 3,518 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 3,573 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 3,686 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 3,994 1000 ha | +8.4% |
| 2021 | 4,072 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 4,112 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 4,231 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 4,450 1000 ha | +5.2% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 4,450 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,142 1000 ha, 1.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Benin's 4,450 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 96% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,960 1000 ha | 2,630 1000 ha | 3,179 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3,561 1000 ha | 3,102 1000 ha | 3,773 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,172 1000 ha | 3,994 1000 ha | 4,450 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More environment data for Benin
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.6 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.268 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 2.92 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Benin?
- Grassland — area from modis in Benin was 4,450 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 4,450 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,630 1000 ha in 2003.
- How does Benin rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Benin ranks 56th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin 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.