Grassland — Area from MODIS in Comoros

Comoros: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 16.57 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
16.57 1000 ha
Change on year
down 1.0%
World rank
185th
of 240 countries
All-time high
16.74 1000 ha
in 2023
All-time low
8.47 1000 ha
in 2007
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in Comoros, 2001–2024

0510152001201220242001: 13.9 1000 ha2002: 12.6 1000 ha2003: 13.3 1000 ha2004: 10.7 1000 ha2005: 9.8 1000 ha2006: 8.9 1000 ha2007: 8.5 1000 ha2008: 10.3 1000 ha2009: 11.6 1000 ha2010: 12.2 1000 ha2011: 11 1000 ha2012: 10.3 1000 ha2013: 11.6 1000 ha2014: 11 1000 ha2015: 12.4 1000 ha2016: 13.6 1000 ha2017: 12.6 1000 ha2018: 12.2 1000 ha2019: 14.7 1000 ha2020: 14.9 1000 ha2021: 15.7 1000 ha2022: 16 1000 ha2023: 16.7 1000 ha2024: 16.6 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Comoros recorded 16.57 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.

The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 50.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Comoros peaked at 16.74 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.47 1000 ha, in 2007.

Comoros ranks 185th of 240 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 11.04 1000 ha 8.47 1000 ha 13.86 1000 ha 9
2010s 12.16 1000 ha 10.28 1000 ha 14.73 1000 ha 10
2020s 15.97 1000 ha 14.88 1000 ha 16.74 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Comoros

  1. 182 Andorra 20.06 1000 ha compare
  2. 183 French Polynesia 17.84 1000 ha compare
  3. 184 Mauritius 16.91 1000 ha compare
  4. 186 Micronesia 15.81 1000 ha compare
  5. 187 Liberia 15.62 1000 ha compare
  6. 188 Brunei Darussalam 14.32 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in Comoros?
Grassland — area from modis in Comoros was 16.57 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Comoros?
The highest recorded value was 16.74 1000 ha in 2023.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Comoros?
The lowest recorded value was 8.47 1000 ha in 2007.
How does Comoros rank for grassland — area from modis?
Comoros ranks 185th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Comoros?
Over the last ten years it is up 50.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Comoros 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.