Grassland — Area from MODIS in Ireland

Ireland: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 2,432 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
2,432 1000 ha
Change on year
down 9.0%
World rank
84th
of 240 countries
All-time high
2,850 1000 ha
in 2011
All-time low
2,202 1000 ha
in 2013
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in Ireland, 2001–2024

01.0k2.0k3.0k2001201220242001: 2.2k 1000 ha2002: 2.3k 1000 ha2003: 2.7k 1000 ha2004: 2.5k 1000 ha2005: 2.4k 1000 ha2006: 2.2k 1000 ha2007: 2.4k 1000 ha2008: 2.6k 1000 ha2009: 2.7k 1000 ha2010: 2.8k 1000 ha2011: 2.9k 1000 ha2012: 2.6k 1000 ha2013: 2.2k 1000 ha2014: 2.3k 1000 ha2015: 2.4k 1000 ha2016: 2.5k 1000 ha2017: 2.5k 1000 ha2018: 2.3k 1000 ha2019: 2.4k 1000 ha2020: 2.6k 1000 ha2021: 2.7k 1000 ha2022: 2.8k 1000 ha2023: 2.7k 1000 ha2024: 2.4k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Ireland recorded 2,432 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.

The figure is down 9.0% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Ireland peaked at 2,850 1000 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 2,202 1000 ha, in 2013.

That places Ireland 84th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 2,447 1000 ha 2,214 1000 ha 2,681 1000 ha 9
2010s 2,475 1000 ha 2,202 1000 ha 2,850 1000 ha 10
2020s 2,623 1000 ha 2,432 1000 ha 2,753 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Ireland

  1. 81 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,639 1000 ha compare
  2. 82 Sweden 2,524 1000 ha compare
  3. 83 Nepal 2,511 1000 ha compare
  4. 85 Georgia 2,421 1000 ha compare
  5. 86 Saudi Arabia 2,416 1000 ha compare
  6. 87 Belarus 2,378 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in Ireland?
Grassland — area from modis in Ireland was 2,432 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 2,850 1000 ha in 2011.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 2,202 1000 ha in 2013.
How does Ireland rank for grassland — area from modis?
Ireland ranks 84th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ireland 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.