Grassland — Area from MODIS in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 53,433 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Ethiopia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, grassland — area from modis in Ethiopia stood at 53,433 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Ethiopia peaked at 53,433 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 41,143 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Ethiopia 14th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 41,143 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 43,987 1000 ha | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 43,545 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 44,000 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 45,818 1000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 48,283 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 45,916 1000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 44,239 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 43,570 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 45,343 1000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 47,255 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 47,950 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 50,017 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 49,150 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 49,805 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 48,767 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 48,127 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 49,747 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 50,451 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 50,575 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 49,906 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 47,723 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 51,923 1000 ha | +8.8% |
| 2024 | 53,433 1000 ha | +2.9% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 53,433 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 12,651 1000 ha, 4.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 53,433 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 11.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44,500 1000 ha | 41,143 1000 ha | 48,283 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 48,661 1000 ha | 45,343 1000 ha | 50,451 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,712 1000 ha | 47,723 1000 ha | 53,433 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 11 Argentina 86,322 1000 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 1,087 1000 ha compare
- 12 Sudan 67,533 1000 ha compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 947.58 1000 ha compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 828.75 1000 ha compare
- 13 South Africa 55,120 1000 ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 179.53 1000 ha compare
- 15 Mali 49,706 1000 ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 104.56 1000 ha compare
- 16 Mexico 48,075 1000 ha compare
- 16 Polynesia 40.22 1000 ha compare
- 17 Angola 45,855 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 15.81 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Ethiopia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.272 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 77.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.26 % 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 2.83 % 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 Ethiopia?
- Grassland — area from modis in Ethiopia was 53,433 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 53,433 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 41,143 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Ethiopia rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Ethiopia ranks 14th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.