Grassland — Area from MODIS in Burundi

Burundi: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 489.83 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
489.83 1000 ha
Change on year
down 3.2%
World rank
128th
of 240 countries
All-time high
642.24 1000 ha
in 2012
All-time low
123.98 1000 ha
in 2002
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in Burundi, 2001–2024

2004006002001201220242001: 141.2 1000 ha2002: 124 1000 ha2003: 142.9 1000 ha2004: 197.6 1000 ha2005: 271.4 1000 ha2006: 392.9 1000 ha2007: 417.2 1000 ha2008: 487.7 1000 ha2009: 510.6 1000 ha2010: 553 1000 ha2011: 599.5 1000 ha2012: 642.2 1000 ha2013: 624.7 1000 ha2014: 615.8 1000 ha2015: 637.9 1000 ha2016: 594 1000 ha2017: 609 1000 ha2018: 593 1000 ha2019: 594.2 1000 ha2020: 528.5 1000 ha2021: 522.9 1000 ha2022: 520.5 1000 ha2023: 506 1000 ha2024: 489.8 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

In 2024, grassland — area from modis in Burundi stood at 489.83 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 20.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Burundi peaked at 642.24 1000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 123.98 1000 ha, in 2002.

That places Burundi 128th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 298.38 1000 ha 123.98 1000 ha 510.58 1000 ha 9
2010s 606.34 1000 ha 552.96 1000 ha 642.24 1000 ha 10
2020s 513.53 1000 ha 489.83 1000 ha 528.49 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Burundi

  1. 125 Oman 564.16 1000 ha compare
  2. 126 Sri Lanka 509.32 1000 ha compare
  3. 127 Estonia 494.04 1000 ha compare
  4. 129 Gambia 476.07 1000 ha compare
  5. 130 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 464.91 1000 ha compare
  6. 131 Czechia 458.07 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in Burundi?
Grassland — area from modis in Burundi was 489.83 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Burundi?
The highest recorded value was 642.24 1000 ha in 2012.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Burundi?
The lowest recorded value was 123.98 1000 ha in 2002.
How does Burundi rank for grassland — area from modis?
Burundi ranks 128th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Burundi?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Burundi 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

Indicator
Grassland — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.