Grassland — Area from MODIS in Ecuador
Ecuador: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 1,528 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Ecuador, 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 Ecuador is 1,528 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 23.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Ecuador peaked at 2,208 1000 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1,528 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Ecuador 88th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,889 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,803 1000 ha | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 1,890 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 2,088 1000 ha | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 2,185 1000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 2,208 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 2,173 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 1,980 1000 ha | -8.9% |
| 2009 | 1,969 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 1,918 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 1,985 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 1,884 1000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 1,861 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 2,000 1000 ha | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 2,094 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 2,153 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 2,026 1000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 1,974 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 1,937 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 1,956 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 1,831 1000 ha | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 1,725 1000 ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 1,578 1000 ha | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 1,528 1000 ha | -3.2% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1,528 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 814.65 1000 ha, 1.9× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1,528 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 250.65 1000 ha, 6.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,021 1000 ha | 1,803 1000 ha | 2,208 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,983 1000 ha | 1,861 1000 ha | 2,153 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,724 1000 ha | 1,528 1000 ha | 1,956 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More environment data for Ecuador
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3767 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.4 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.49 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -0.5742 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.65 % 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 -1.14 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Ecuador?
- Grassland — area from modis in Ecuador was 1,528 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 2,208 1000 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,528 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Ecuador rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Ecuador ranks 88th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.