Grassland — Area from MODIS in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 314,809 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Eastern Africa, 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 Eastern Africa is 314,809 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Eastern Africa peaked at 314,809 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 225,838 1000 ha, in 2001.
Eastern Africa ranks 7th of 26 groups 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 225,838 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 245,046 1000 ha | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 250,971 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 256,009 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 263,933 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 270,346 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 264,799 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 263,039 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 260,432 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 259,432 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 265,234 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 296,417 1000 ha | +11.8% |
| 2013 | 301,589 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 297,418 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 300,867 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 300,140 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 295,794 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 299,038 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 302,311 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 304,404 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 304,012 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 301,142 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 312,250 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 314,809 1000 ha | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 255,601 1000 ha | 225,838 1000 ha | 270,346 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 291,824 1000 ha | 259,432 1000 ha | 302,311 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 307,323 1000 ha | 301,142 1000 ha | 314,809 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 4 Kazakhstan 228,984 1000 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 36,740 1000 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 34,085 1000 ha compare
- 5 Australia and New Zealand 217,264 1000 ha compare
- 6 Australia 207,497 1000 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,755 1000 ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 18,648 1000 ha compare
- 7 Canada 203,741 1000 ha compare
- 8 Brazil 187,113 1000 ha compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,189 1000 ha compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,639 1000 ha compare
- 9 Mongolia 100,380 1000 ha compare
- 10 Sudan (former) 92,493 1000 ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 1,588 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Eastern Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 107,047 million USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 97,059 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 4.52 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 17.47 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 11.13 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Eastern Africa?
- Grassland — area from modis in Eastern Africa was 314,809 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 314,809 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 225,838 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Eastern Africa ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.