Grassland — Area from MODIS in Iceland
Iceland: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 5,552 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Iceland, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 5,552 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Iceland peaked at 5,748 1000 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 4,539 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Iceland 51st 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 Iceland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4,539 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 5,106 1000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2003 | 5,365 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 5,361 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 5,377 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 5,379 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5,407 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 5,510 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 5,596 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 5,544 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 5,556 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 5,563 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 5,543 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 5,592 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 5,748 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 5,712 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 5,680 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 5,701 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 5,676 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 5,626 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 5,675 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 5,610 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 5,582 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 5,552 1000 ha | -0.5% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 5,552 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294.06 1000 ha, 18.9× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 5,552 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,415 1000 ha, 3.9× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,293 1000 ha | 4,539 1000 ha | 5,596 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 5,632 1000 ha | 5,543 1000 ha | 5,748 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,609 1000 ha | 5,552 1000 ha | 5,675 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 48 Turkmenistan 6,038 1000 ha compare
- 49 Tajikistan 6,006 1000 ha compare
- 50 Paraguay 5,637 1000 ha compare
- 52 Eritrea 4,834 1000 ha compare
- 53 Morocco 4,717 1000 ha compare
- 54 Azerbaijan 4,621 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Iceland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.587 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.47 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8549 % 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 -1.93 % 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 Iceland?
- Grassland — area from modis in Iceland was 5,552 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 5,748 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,539 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Iceland rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Iceland ranks 51st out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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.