Grassland — Area from MODIS in Ecuador

Ecuador: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 1,528 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
1,528 1000 ha
Change on year
down 3.2%
World rank
96th
of 240 countries
All-time high
2,208 1000 ha
in 2006
All-time low
1,528 1000 ha
in 2024
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in Ecuador, 2001–2024

05001.0k1.5k2.0k2001201220242001: 1.9k 1000 ha2002: 1.8k 1000 ha2003: 1.9k 1000 ha2004: 2.1k 1000 ha2005: 2.2k 1000 ha2006: 2.2k 1000 ha2007: 2.2k 1000 ha2008: 2.0k 1000 ha2009: 2.0k 1000 ha2010: 1.9k 1000 ha2011: 2.0k 1000 ha2012: 1.9k 1000 ha2013: 1.9k 1000 ha2014: 2.0k 1000 ha2015: 2.1k 1000 ha2016: 2.2k 1000 ha2017: 2.0k 1000 ha2018: 2.0k 1000 ha2019: 1.9k 1000 ha2020: 2.0k 1000 ha2021: 1.8k 1000 ha2022: 1.7k 1000 ha2023: 1.6k 1000 ha2024: 1.5k 1000 ha

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 96th out of 240 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 93 Cameroon 1,594 1000 ha compare
  2. 94 Viet Nam 1,588 1000 ha compare
  3. 95 Caribbean 1,576 1000 ha compare
  4. 97 Japan 1,441 1000 ha compare
  5. 98 Austria 1,440 1000 ha compare
  6. 99 Lithuania 1,415 1000 ha compare

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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 96th out of 240 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

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.