Grassland — Area from MODIS in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 7,189 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 7,189 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.5% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 8,392 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 6,287 1000 ha, in 2014.
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 51st of 240 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7,232 1000 ha | 6,845 1000 ha | 8,392 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 6,759 1000 ha | 6,287 1000 ha | 7,262 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,713 1000 ha | 6,457 1000 ha | 7,189 1000 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Standard Deviation 0.193 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.17 °C (2025)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 8.03 % (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 36,710 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 226,705 1000 ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 234,541 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 5.43 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 18,200 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 7,781 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.06 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Grassland — area from modis in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 7,189 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 8,392 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,287 1000 ha in 2014.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 51st out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of the Congo 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.