Grassland — Area from MODIS in Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Iran (Islamic Republic of): Grassland — Area from MODIS was 34,085 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
34,085 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
5th
of 20 countries
All-time high
36,639 1000 ha
in 2008
All-time low
31,065 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 2001–2024

010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k2001201220242001: 31.1k 1000 ha2002: 32.9k 1000 ha2003: 33.8k 1000 ha2004: 34.3k 1000 ha2005: 35.4k 1000 ha2006: 35.5k 1000 ha2007: 36.3k 1000 ha2008: 36.6k 1000 ha2009: 36.0k 1000 ha2010: 35.6k 1000 ha2011: 35.6k 1000 ha2012: 35.2k 1000 ha2013: 35.1k 1000 ha2014: 34.9k 1000 ha2015: 34.3k 1000 ha2016: 34.3k 1000 ha2017: 34.3k 1000 ha2018: 33.3k 1000 ha2019: 34.1k 1000 ha2020: 34.4k 1000 ha2021: 33.9k 1000 ha2022: 33.5k 1000 ha2023: 33.9k 1000 ha2024: 34.1k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Iran (Islamic Republic of) recorded 34,085 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.

The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 36,639 1000 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 31,065 1000 ha, in 2001.

Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 5th of 20 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Grassland — Area from MODIS in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year

Annual values for Grassland — Area from MODIS in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 2001 to 2024.
Year 1000 ha Change
2001 31,065 1000 ha —
2002 32,908 1000 ha +5.9%
2003 33,769 1000 ha +2.6%
2004 34,311 1000 ha +1.6%
2005 35,352 1000 ha +3.0%
2006 35,532 1000 ha +0.5%
2007 36,331 1000 ha +2.2%
2008 36,639 1000 ha +0.8%
2009 35,961 1000 ha -1.9%
2010 35,634 1000 ha -0.9%
2011 35,633 1000 ha -0.0%
2012 35,240 1000 ha -1.1%
2013 35,064 1000 ha -0.5%
2014 34,927 1000 ha -0.4%
2015 34,316 1000 ha -1.7%
2016 34,263 1000 ha -0.2%
2017 34,256 1000 ha -0.0%
2018 33,340 1000 ha -2.7%
2019 34,108 1000 ha +2.3%
2020 34,355 1000 ha +0.7%
2021 33,941 1000 ha -1.2%
2022 33,538 1000 ha -1.2%
2023 33,893 1000 ha +1.1%
2024 34,085 1000 ha +0.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 34,652 1000 ha 31,065 1000 ha 36,639 1000 ha 9
2010s 34,678 1000 ha 33,340 1000 ha 35,634 1000 ha 10
2020s 33,962 1000 ha 33,538 1000 ha 34,355 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Iran (Islamic Republic of)

  1. 2 China, mainland 276,956 1000 ha compare
  2. 3 Russian Federation 229,288 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 United Republic of Tanzania 39,390 1000 ha compare
  4. 4 Kazakhstan 228,984 1000 ha compare
  5. 4 Türkiye 36,740 1000 ha compare
  6. 5 Australia and New Zealand 217,264 1000 ha compare
  7. 6 Australia 207,497 1000 ha compare
  8. 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,755 1000 ha compare
  9. 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 18,648 1000 ha compare
  10. 7 Canada 203,741 1000 ha compare
  11. 8 Brazil 187,113 1000 ha compare
  12. 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,189 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
Grassland — area from modis in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 34,085 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
The highest recorded value was 36,639 1000 ha in 2008.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
The lowest recorded value was 31,065 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for grassland — area from modis?
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 5th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) 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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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
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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.