Grassland — Area from MODIS in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 378.65 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Costa Rica, 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 Costa Rica is 378.65 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and up 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Costa Rica peaked at 405.35 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 286.97 1000 ha, in 2001.
Costa Rica ranks 125th of 223 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.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 286.97 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 335.05 1000 ha | +16.8% |
| 2003 | 349.67 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 359.03 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 338.39 1000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 329.44 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 305.75 1000 ha | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 320.44 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 357.83 1000 ha | +11.7% |
| 2010 | 313.23 1000 ha | -12.5% |
| 2011 | 290.11 1000 ha | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 292.69 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 297.94 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 311.22 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 315.74 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 315.66 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 311.36 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 330.51 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 352.3 1000 ha | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 381.07 1000 ha | +8.2% |
| 2021 | 364.09 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 405.35 1000 ha | +11.3% |
| 2023 | 392.07 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 378.65 1000 ha | -3.4% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 378.65 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294.06 1000 ha, 1.3× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 378.65 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 250.65 1000 ha, 1.5× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 331.4 1000 ha | 286.97 1000 ha | 359.03 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 313.08 1000 ha | 290.11 1000 ha | 352.3 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 384.25 1000 ha | 364.09 1000 ha | 405.35 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More environment data for Costa Rica
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.09 % 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 -0.3048 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Costa Rica?
- Grassland — area from modis in Costa Rica was 378.65 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 405.35 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 286.97 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Costa Rica rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Costa Rica ranks 125th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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.