Grassland — Area from MODIS in Israel

Israel: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 294.06 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
294.06 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
145th
of 240 countries
All-time high
415.92 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
290.19 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in Israel, 2001–2024

01002003004002001201220242001: 415.9 1000 ha2002: 389.2 1000 ha2003: 373.7 1000 ha2004: 359.6 1000 ha2005: 369.3 1000 ha2006: 346.9 1000 ha2007: 358.1 1000 ha2008: 349.3 1000 ha2009: 337.6 1000 ha2010: 348.6 1000 ha2011: 335.8 1000 ha2012: 330 1000 ha2013: 332.9 1000 ha2014: 339.2 1000 ha2015: 318.4 1000 ha2016: 334.4 1000 ha2017: 337.1 1000 ha2018: 342.8 1000 ha2019: 329.9 1000 ha2020: 318.4 1000 ha2021: 301.7 1000 ha2022: 290.2 1000 ha2023: 292.2 1000 ha2024: 294.1 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 Israel is 294.06 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Israel peaked at 415.92 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 290.19 1000 ha, in 2022.

Israel ranks 145th of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 366.64 1000 ha 337.59 1000 ha 415.92 1000 ha 9
2010s 334.89 1000 ha 318.37 1000 ha 348.57 1000 ha 10
2020s 299.31 1000 ha 290.19 1000 ha 318.36 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Israel

  1. 142 Dominican Republic 320.86 1000 ha compare
  2. 143 Bangladesh 309.21 1000 ha compare
  3. 144 Haiti 301.76 1000 ha compare
  4. 146 Bahamas 284.12 1000 ha compare
  5. 147 Cabo Verde 269.6 1000 ha compare
  6. 148 Guinea-Bissau 262.55 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in Israel?
Grassland — area from modis in Israel was 294.06 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Israel?
The highest recorded value was 415.92 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Israel?
The lowest recorded value was 290.19 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Israel rank for grassland — area from modis?
Israel ranks 145th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Israel?
Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Israel 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.