Grassland — Area from MODIS in Japan

Japan: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 1,441 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1,441 1000 ha
Change on year
down 5.6%
World rank
97th
of 240 countries
All-time high
1,678 1000 ha
in 2018
All-time low
766.11 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in Japan, 2001–2024

05001.0k1.5k2001201220242001: 766.1 1000 ha2002: 873.4 1000 ha2003: 1.1k 1000 ha2004: 1.2k 1000 ha2005: 1.3k 1000 ha2006: 1.3k 1000 ha2007: 1.3k 1000 ha2008: 1.2k 1000 ha2009: 1.2k 1000 ha2010: 1.2k 1000 ha2011: 1.3k 1000 ha2012: 1.5k 1000 ha2013: 1.6k 1000 ha2014: 1.5k 1000 ha2015: 1.5k 1000 ha2016: 1.5k 1000 ha2017: 1.6k 1000 ha2018: 1.7k 1000 ha2019: 1.5k 1000 ha2020: 1.4k 1000 ha2021: 1.5k 1000 ha2022: 1.7k 1000 ha2023: 1.5k 1000 ha2024: 1.4k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Japan recorded 1,441 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.

That represents a change of down 5.6% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Japan peaked at 1,678 1000 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 766.11 1000 ha, in 2001.

That places Japan 97th 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 1,137 1000 ha 766.11 1000 ha 1,333 1000 ha 9
2010s 1,490 1000 ha 1,210 1000 ha 1,678 1000 ha 10
2020s 1,503 1000 ha 1,416 1000 ha 1,658 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 94 Viet Nam 1,588 1000 ha compare
  2. 95 Caribbean 1,576 1000 ha compare
  3. 96 Ecuador 1,528 1000 ha compare
  4. 98 Austria 1,440 1000 ha compare
  5. 99 Lithuania 1,415 1000 ha compare
  6. 100 Switzerland 1,321 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in Japan?
Grassland — area from modis in Japan was 1,441 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Japan?
The highest recorded value was 1,678 1000 ha in 2018.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 766.11 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Japan rank for grassland — area from modis?
Japan ranks 97th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Japan?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Japan 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.