Grassland — Area from MODIS in Caribbean
Caribbean: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 1,576 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Caribbean, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, grassland — area from modis in Caribbean stood at 1,576 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Caribbean peaked at 2,004 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1,572 1000 ha, in 2022.
Caribbean ranks 25th of 26 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,907 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2,004 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 1,933 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 1,961 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 1,919 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 1,839 1000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 1,779 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 1,733 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 1,773 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 1,758 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 1,712 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 1,743 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 1,784 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 1,794 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1,756 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 1,689 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 1,608 1000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 1,645 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 1,631 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 1,600 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 1,583 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 1,572 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,613 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 1,576 1000 ha | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,872 1000 ha | 1,733 1000 ha | 2,004 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,712 1000 ha | 1,608 1000 ha | 1,794 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,589 1000 ha | 1,572 1000 ha | 1,613 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 22 Peru 33,248 1000 ha compare
- 23 Zimbabwe 32,253 1000 ha compare
- 24 Botswana 30,529 1000 ha compare
- 24 Côte d'Ivoire 4,463 1000 ha compare
- 25 Somalia 25,963 1000 ha compare
- 26 Burkina Faso 25,374 1000 ha compare
- 26 Cabo Verde 269.6 1000 ha compare
- 27 Niger 25,190 1000 ha compare
- 28 Afghanistan 23,931 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Caribbean
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.233 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 152,566 m3 (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 152,436 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Production 6.26 million m3 (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production 355,073 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 4.77 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Caribbean?
- Grassland — area from modis in Caribbean was 1,576 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 2,004 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,572 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Caribbean rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Caribbean ranks 25th out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.