Grassland — Area from MODIS in Central America
Central America: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 50,859 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Central America, 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 Central America is 50,859 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Central America peaked at 57,005 1000 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 42,332 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Central America 18th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Central America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 42,332 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 46,139 1000 ha | +9.0% |
| 2003 | 48,498 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 49,962 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 49,841 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 53,045 1000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 54,137 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 57,005 1000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 54,861 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 53,495 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 50,240 1000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 48,072 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 50,408 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 51,430 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 50,875 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 51,003 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 50,046 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 49,605 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 48,891 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 48,840 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 50,517 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 54,028 1000 ha | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 51,643 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 50,859 1000 ha | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50,647 1000 ha | 42,332 1000 ha | 57,005 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 50,406 1000 ha | 48,072 1000 ha | 53,495 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 51,177 1000 ha | 48,840 1000 ha | 54,028 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 15 Mali 49,706 1000 ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 104.56 1000 ha compare
- 16 Mexico 48,075 1000 ha compare
- 16 Polynesia 40.22 1000 ha compare
- 17 Angola 45,855 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 15.81 1000 ha compare
- 18 Chad 43,981 1000 ha compare
- 18 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.86 1000 ha compare
- 19 Kenya 43,217 1000 ha compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.51 1000 ha compare
- 20 Madagascar 40,125 1000 ha compare
- 21 Nigeria 34,738 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Central America
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 95,489 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 4.26 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 61,301 million USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 5.15 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 29.08 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Central America?
- Grassland — area from modis in Central America was 50,859 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 57,005 1000 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,332 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Central America rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Central America ranks 18th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Central America 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.