Grassland — Area from MODIS in Cameroon
Cameroon: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 1,594 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Cameroon, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 1,594 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Cameroon peaked at 1,595 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 951.09 1000 ha, in 2003.
That places Cameroon 87th out of 223 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.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,370 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,193 1000 ha | -12.9% |
| 2003 | 951.09 1000 ha | -20.3% |
| 2004 | 1,115 1000 ha | +17.2% |
| 2005 | 1,141 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 1,152 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 1,124 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 1,103 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 1,156 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 1,183 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 1,173 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 1,213 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 1,287 1000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 1,283 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,400 1000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 1,346 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 1,320 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 1,306 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 1,374 1000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 1,470 1000 ha | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 1,502 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 1,595 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 1,583 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 1,594 1000 ha | +0.7% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 1,594 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,142 1000 ha, 51% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 1,594 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 34% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,145 1000 ha | 951.09 1000 ha | 1,370 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,289 1000 ha | 1,173 1000 ha | 1,400 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,549 1000 ha | 1,470 1000 ha | 1,595 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More environment data for Cameroon
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.68 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6539 % 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 0.4385 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Cameroon?
- Grassland — area from modis in Cameroon was 1,594 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,595 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 951.09 1000 ha in 2003.
- How does Cameroon rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Cameroon ranks 87th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.