Grassland — Area from MODIS in Ireland
Ireland: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 2,432 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Ireland, 2001–2024
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 78th out of 223 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.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Ireland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,214 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2,313 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 2,681 1000 ha | +15.9% |
| 2004 | 2,532 1000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 2,399 1000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 2,218 1000 ha | -7.5% |
| 2007 | 2,410 1000 ha | +8.7% |
| 2008 | 2,579 1000 ha | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 2,678 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 2,789 1000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 2,850 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 2,571 1000 ha | -9.8% |
| 2013 | 2,202 1000 ha | -14.3% |
| 2014 | 2,257 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 2,448 1000 ha | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 2,459 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 2,461 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,262 1000 ha | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 2,447 1000 ha | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 2,609 1000 ha | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 2,651 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 2,753 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 2,673 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 2,432 1000 ha | -9.0% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 2,432 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294.06 1000 ha, 8.3× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 2,432 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,415 1000 ha, 1.7× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More environment data for Ireland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.51 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.412 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.13 % 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 -0.0083 % change on previous year (2024)
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 78th out of 223 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
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.