Grassland — Area from MODIS in Ghana
Ghana: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 10,028 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Ghana, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 10,028 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis 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 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Ghana peaked at 10,028 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,389 1000 ha, in 2003.
That places Ghana 42nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Ghana, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8,068 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 7,404 1000 ha | -8.2% |
| 2003 | 7,389 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 8,051 1000 ha | +9.0% |
| 2005 | 8,102 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 8,027 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 8,019 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 8,029 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 8,113 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 8,111 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 8,142 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 8,272 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 8,828 1000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 8,997 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 9,138 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 8,869 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 8,817 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 9,051 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 9,178 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 9,557 1000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 9,615 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 9,667 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 9,646 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 10,028 1000 ha | +4.0% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 10,028 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,142 1000 ha, 3.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 10,028 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 2.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7,911 1000 ha | 7,389 1000 ha | 8,113 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 8,740 1000 ha | 8,111 1000 ha | 9,178 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,703 1000 ha | 9,557 1000 ha | 10,028 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More environment data for Ghana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -13.57 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -11.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.26 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.34 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -27.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.72 % 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 0.8796 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Ghana?
- Grassland — area from modis in Ghana was 10,028 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 10,028 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,389 1000 ha in 2003.
- How does Ghana rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Ghana ranks 42nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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.