Grassland — Area from MODIS in Greenland

Greenland: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 11,496 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
11,496 1000 ha
Change on year
up 27.8%
World rank
44th
of 240 countries
All-time high
12,260 1000 ha
in 2012
All-time low
8,995 1000 ha
in 2023
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in Greenland, 2001–2024

02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k2001201220242001: 9.8k 1000 ha2002: 11.1k 1000 ha2003: 11.5k 1000 ha2004: 11.5k 1000 ha2005: 11.3k 1000 ha2006: 11.0k 1000 ha2007: 11.2k 1000 ha2008: 11.4k 1000 ha2009: 11.4k 1000 ha2010: 11.8k 1000 ha2011: 12.1k 1000 ha2012: 12.3k 1000 ha2013: 12.0k 1000 ha2014: 11.8k 1000 ha2015: 11.6k 1000 ha2016: 11.8k 1000 ha2017: 11.4k 1000 ha2018: 10.9k 1000 ha2019: 11.4k 1000 ha2020: 11.6k 1000 ha2021: 11.7k 1000 ha2022: 11.5k 1000 ha2023: 9.0k 1000 ha2024: 11.5k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

In 2024, grassland — area from modis in Greenland stood at 11,496 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 27.8% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Greenland peaked at 12,260 1000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 8,995 1000 ha, in 2023.

Greenland ranks 44th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 11,131 1000 ha 9,841 1000 ha 11,508 1000 ha 9
2010s 11,706 1000 ha 10,859 1000 ha 12,260 1000 ha 10
2020s 11,055 1000 ha 8,995 1000 ha 11,700 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Greenland

  1. 41 Kyrgyzstan 14,698 1000 ha compare
  2. 42 Spain 12,731 1000 ha compare
  3. 43 Norway 12,484 1000 ha compare
  4. 45 Pakistan 10,868 1000 ha compare
  5. 46 Ghana 10,028 1000 ha compare
  6. 47 New Zealand 9,766 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in Greenland?
Grassland — area from modis in Greenland was 11,496 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Greenland?
The highest recorded value was 12,260 1000 ha in 2012.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Greenland?
The lowest recorded value was 8,995 1000 ha in 2023.
How does Greenland rank for grassland — area from modis?
Greenland ranks 44th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Greenland?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Greenland 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

Indicator
Grassland — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.