Grassland — Area from MODIS in Eswatini
Eswatini: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 839.29 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Eswatini, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 839.29 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Eswatini peaked at 1,088 1000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 725.34 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Eswatini 100th 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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 725.34 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 909.13 1000 ha | +25.3% |
| 2003 | 1,044 1000 ha | +14.8% |
| 2004 | 994.34 1000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 1,061 1000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 1,041 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 1,088 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 1,085 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 1,038 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 997.45 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 983.91 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 964.69 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 929.31 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 932.69 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 967.79 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 1,017 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 1,015 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 980.01 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 960.1 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 975.87 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 939.57 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 876.49 1000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 838.84 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 839.29 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 839.29 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,142 1000 ha, 27% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 839.29 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 18% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Grassland — Area from MODIS in Eswatini changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +25.3% | 725.34 1000 ha | 909.13 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 998.34 1000 ha | 725.34 1000 ha | 1,088 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 974.83 1000 ha | 929.31 1000 ha | 1,017 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 894.01 1000 ha | 838.84 1000 ha | 975.87 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More environment data for Eswatini
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.321 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2772 % 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 -2.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Eswatini?
- Grassland — area from modis in Eswatini was 839.29 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 1,088 1000 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 725.34 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Eswatini rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Eswatini ranks 100th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.