Grassland — Area from MODIS in Italy
Italy: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 3,173 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Italy, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grassland — area from modis in Italy is 3,173 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Italy peaked at 3,568 1000 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 3,124 1000 ha, in 2023.
Italy ranks 69th of 223 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.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Italy, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3,221 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 3,134 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 3,415 1000 ha | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 3,436 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 3,517 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 3,535 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 3,550 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 3,568 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 3,540 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 3,467 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 3,439 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 3,445 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 3,437 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 3,352 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 3,295 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 3,174 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 3,255 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 3,176 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 3,182 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 3,149 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 3,146 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 3,237 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 3,124 1000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 3,173 1000 ha | +1.6% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 3,173 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294.06 1000 ha, 10.8× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Italy's 3,173 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,415 1000 ha, 2.2× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,435 1000 ha | 3,134 1000 ha | 3,568 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3,322 1000 ha | 3,174 1000 ha | 3,467 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,166 1000 ha | 3,124 1000 ha | 3,237 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More environment data for Italy
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.324 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 6.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.94 % 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 -0.2257 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Italy?
- Grassland — area from modis in Italy was 3,173 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 3,568 1000 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,124 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Italy rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Italy ranks 69th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.