Grassland — Area from MODIS in China, Taiwan Province of

China, Taiwan Province of: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 70.61 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
70.61 1000 ha
Change on year
up 4.0%
World rank
162nd
of 240 countries
All-time high
73.39 1000 ha
in 2017
All-time low
51.05 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in China, Taiwan Province of, 2001–2024

0204060802001201220242001: 51 1000 ha2002: 53.9 1000 ha2003: 51.7 1000 ha2004: 53.7 1000 ha2005: 53.8 1000 ha2006: 51.6 1000 ha2007: 54.8 1000 ha2008: 58.7 1000 ha2009: 62.5 1000 ha2010: 63.9 1000 ha2011: 58 1000 ha2012: 51.8 1000 ha2013: 52.4 1000 ha2014: 59.6 1000 ha2015: 61.1 1000 ha2016: 66.2 1000 ha2017: 73.4 1000 ha2018: 68 1000 ha2019: 62.1 1000 ha2020: 63.2 1000 ha2021: 62.9 1000 ha2022: 69.4 1000 ha2023: 67.9 1000 ha2024: 70.6 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for grassland — area from modis in China, Taiwan Province of is 70.61 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in China, Taiwan Province of peaked at 73.39 1000 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 51.05 1000 ha, in 2001.

China, Taiwan Province of ranks 162nd of 240 countries on this measure, 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 54.65 1000 ha 51.05 1000 ha 62.51 1000 ha 9
2010s 61.63 1000 ha 51.76 1000 ha 73.39 1000 ha 10
2020s 66.79 1000 ha 62.88 1000 ha 70.61 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near China, Taiwan Province of

  1. 159 Timor-Leste 104.56 1000 ha compare
  2. 160 Faroe Islands 92.36 1000 ha compare
  3. 161 Slovenia 83.43 1000 ha compare
  4. 163 Trinidad and Tobago 70.33 1000 ha compare
  5. 164 Sierra Leone 70.18 1000 ha compare
  6. 165 Puerto Rico 69.91 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in China, Taiwan Province of?
Grassland — area from modis in China, Taiwan Province of was 70.61 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
The highest recorded value was 73.39 1000 ha in 2017.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
The lowest recorded value was 51.05 1000 ha in 2001.
How does China, Taiwan Province of rank for grassland — area from modis?
China, Taiwan Province of ranks 162nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in China, Taiwan Province of?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this China, Taiwan Province of 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.