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 8th out of 26 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.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 279,876 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 282,795 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 301,115 1000 ha | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 302,223 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 297,985 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 296,064 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 297,907 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 300,635 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 303,321 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 303,512 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 300,472 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 304,767 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 311,349 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 307,390 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 305,816 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 303,255 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 304,457 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 304,920 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 303,774 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 304,175 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 308,273 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 313,041 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 313,637 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 312,858 1000 ha | -0.2% |
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
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 34,085 1000 ha compare
- 5 Australia and New Zealand 217,264 1000 ha compare
- 6 Australia 207,497 1000 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,755 1000 ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 18,648 1000 ha compare
- 7 Canada 203,741 1000 ha compare
- 8 Brazil 187,113 1000 ha compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,189 1000 ha compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,639 1000 ha compare
- 9 Mongolia 100,380 1000 ha compare
- 10 Sudan (former) 92,493 1000 ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 1,588 1000 ha compare
- 11 Argentina 86,322 1000 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 1,087 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.435 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.71 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 101.18 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 57.94 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 94.14 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 73.33 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 49.53 kg/ha (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 8th out of 26 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.