Grassland — Area from MODIS in Colombia
Colombia: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 8,704 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Colombia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 8,704 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.2% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Colombia peaked at 10,188 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7,783 1000 ha, in 2011.
Colombia ranks 45th 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 Colombia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7,974 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 8,651 1000 ha | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 8,840 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 8,931 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 8,536 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 8,172 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 8,144 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 8,075 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 8,323 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 8,312 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 7,783 1000 ha | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 7,794 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 8,122 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 8,582 1000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 9,152 1000 ha | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 10,058 1000 ha | +9.9% |
| 2017 | 9,931 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 9,950 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 10,047 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 10,188 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 9,770 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 9,551 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 9,181 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 8,704 1000 ha | -5.2% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 8,704 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 814.65 1000 ha, 10.7× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 8,704 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 250.65 1000 ha, 34.7× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8,405 1000 ha | 7,974 1000 ha | 8,931 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 8,973 1000 ha | 7,783 1000 ha | 10,058 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,479 1000 ha | 8,704 1000 ha | 10,188 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More environment data for Colombia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4233 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.2774 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.267 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.59 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.9788 % 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 0.2077 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Colombia?
- Grassland — area from modis in Colombia was 8,704 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 10,188 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,783 1000 ha in 2011.
- How does Colombia rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Colombia ranks 45th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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.