Grassland — Area from MODIS in Eritrea
Eritrea: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 4,834 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Eritrea, 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 Eritrea is 4,834 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Eritrea peaked at 4,834 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,083 1000 ha, in 2013.
Eritrea ranks 52nd of 223 countries 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 Eritrea, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4,286 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 4,196 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 4,270 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 4,153 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 4,254 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 4,342 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 4,577 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 4,509 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 4,403 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 4,443 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 4,307 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 4,120 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 4,083 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 4,104 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 4,108 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 4,164 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 4,221 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 4,288 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 4,290 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 4,485 1000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 4,542 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 4,638 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 4,647 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 4,834 1000 ha | +4.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 4,834 1000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 12,651 1000 ha, 38% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 4,834 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 1.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4,332 1000 ha | 4,153 1000 ha | 4,577 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 4,213 1000 ha | 4,083 1000 ha | 4,443 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,629 1000 ha | 4,485 1000 ha | 4,834 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 49 Tajikistan 6,006 1000 ha compare
- 50 Paraguay 5,637 1000 ha compare
- 51 Iceland 5,552 1000 ha compare
- 53 Morocco 4,717 1000 ha compare
- 54 Azerbaijan 4,621 1000 ha compare
- 55 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4,568 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Eritrea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -12.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 57.1 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.531 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 0.012 °C (2023)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6471 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
- 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 0.3665 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Eritrea?
- Grassland — area from modis in Eritrea was 4,834 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 4,834 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,083 1000 ha in 2013.
- How does Eritrea rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Eritrea ranks 52nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.