Grassland — Area from MODIS in India

India: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 19,835 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
19,835 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
35th
of 240 countries
All-time high
36,701 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
17,942 1000 ha
in 2021
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in India, 2001–2024

010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k2001201220242001: 36.7k 1000 ha2002: 34.2k 1000 ha2003: 30.1k 1000 ha2004: 26.6k 1000 ha2005: 24.4k 1000 ha2006: 25.4k 1000 ha2007: 23.8k 1000 ha2008: 24.6k 1000 ha2009: 24.7k 1000 ha2010: 22.5k 1000 ha2011: 24.1k 1000 ha2012: 25.1k 1000 ha2013: 22.8k 1000 ha2014: 21.9k 1000 ha2015: 22.3k 1000 ha2016: 22.3k 1000 ha2017: 20.6k 1000 ha2018: 23.0k 1000 ha2019: 20.7k 1000 ha2020: 19.1k 1000 ha2021: 17.9k 1000 ha2022: 18.5k 1000 ha2023: 19.9k 1000 ha2024: 19.8k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for grassland — area from modis in India is 19,835 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in India peaked at 36,701 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 17,942 1000 ha, in 2021.

India ranks 35th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 27,852 1000 ha 23,842 1000 ha 36,701 1000 ha 9
2010s 22,553 1000 ha 20,634 1000 ha 25,133 1000 ha 10
2020s 19,052 1000 ha 17,942 1000 ha 19,888 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near India

  1. 32 Zambia 22,707 1000 ha compare
  2. 33 Mozambique 20,467 1000 ha compare
  3. 34 Namibia 20,443 1000 ha compare
  4. 36 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,755 1000 ha compare
  5. 37 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 18,648 1000 ha compare
  6. 38 Mauritania 16,298 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in India?
Grassland — area from modis in India was 19,835 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 36,701 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 17,942 1000 ha in 2021.
How does India rank for grassland — area from modis?
India ranks 35th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this India 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.