Grassland — Area from MODIS in Europe
Europe: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 312,858 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Europe, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 312,858 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Europe peaked at 313,637 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 279,876 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Europe 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 295,769 1000 ha | 279,876 1000 ha | 303,321 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 304,971 1000 ha | 300,472 1000 ha | 311,349 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 310,397 1000 ha | 304,175 1000 ha | 313,637 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
More environment data for Europe
- Agriculture — Area 460,603 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 3.46 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 170,878 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 37.54 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 7.72 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 15,732 1000 ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 2.35 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 2.21 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 92,972 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 62.81 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Europe?
- Grassland — area from modis in Europe was 312,858 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 313,637 1000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 279,876 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Europe rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Europe ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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.