Grassland — Area from MODIS in Chile

Chile: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 9,751 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
9,751 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
44th
of 223 countries
All-time high
9,771 1000 ha
in 2023
All-time low
7,185 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in Chile, 2001–2024

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k2001201220242001: 7.2k 1000 ha2002: 9.0k 1000 ha2003: 9.3k 1000 ha2004: 9.4k 1000 ha2005: 9.5k 1000 ha2006: 9.4k 1000 ha2007: 9.2k 1000 ha2008: 9.0k 1000 ha2009: 8.8k 1000 ha2010: 8.8k 1000 ha2011: 8.9k 1000 ha2012: 9.1k 1000 ha2013: 9.1k 1000 ha2014: 9.0k 1000 ha2015: 9.5k 1000 ha2016: 9.4k 1000 ha2017: 9.6k 1000 ha2018: 9.5k 1000 ha2019: 9.4k 1000 ha2020: 9.7k 1000 ha2021: 9.4k 1000 ha2022: 9.6k 1000 ha2023: 9.8k 1000 ha2024: 9.8k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Chile recorded 9,751 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Chile peaked at 9,771 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7,185 1000 ha, in 2001.

Chile ranks 44th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Grassland — Area from MODIS in Chile, year by year

Annual values for Grassland — Area from MODIS in Chile, 2001 to 2024.
Year 1000 ha Change
2001 7,185 1000 ha —
2002 9,028 1000 ha +25.7%
2003 9,341 1000 ha +3.5%
2004 9,407 1000 ha +0.7%
2005 9,511 1000 ha +1.1%
2006 9,421 1000 ha -0.9%
2007 9,194 1000 ha -2.4%
2008 9,006 1000 ha -2.1%
2009 8,825 1000 ha -2.0%
2010 8,807 1000 ha -0.2%
2011 8,941 1000 ha +1.5%
2012 9,092 1000 ha +1.7%
2013 9,055 1000 ha -0.4%
2014 8,994 1000 ha -0.7%
2015 9,460 1000 ha +5.2%
2016 9,376 1000 ha -0.9%
2017 9,597 1000 ha +2.4%
2018 9,453 1000 ha -1.5%
2019 9,398 1000 ha -0.6%
2020 9,667 1000 ha +2.9%
2021 9,383 1000 ha -2.9%
2022 9,647 1000 ha +2.8%
2023 9,771 1000 ha +1.3%
2024 9,751 1000 ha -0.2%

Chile compared with similar countries

  • Chile's 9,751 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294.06 1000 ha, 33.2× the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Chile's 9,751 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 250.65 1000 ha, 38.9× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Grassland — Area from MODIS in Chile changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2002 +25.7% 7,185 1000 ha 9,028 1000 ha

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 8,991 1000 ha 7,185 1000 ha 9,511 1000 ha 9
2010s 9,217 1000 ha 8,807 1000 ha 9,597 1000 ha 10
2020s 9,644 1000 ha 9,383 1000 ha 9,771 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Chile

  1. 41 Pakistan 10,868 1000 ha compare
  2. 42 Ghana 10,028 1000 ha compare
  3. 43 New Zealand 9,766 1000 ha compare
  4. 45 Colombia 8,704 1000 ha compare
  5. 46 Uruguay 8,555 1000 ha compare
  6. 47 Iraq 6,209 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in Chile?
Grassland — area from modis in Chile was 9,751 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Chile?
The highest recorded value was 9,771 1000 ha in 2023.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Chile?
The lowest recorded value was 7,185 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Chile rank for grassland — area from modis?
Chile ranks 44th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Chile?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Chile 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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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
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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.