Grassland — Area from MODIS in Libya
Libya: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 666.83 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Libya, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Libya recorded 666.83 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.7% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Libya peaked at 995.94 1000 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 666.83 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Libya 106th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Libya, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 724.54 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 671.38 1000 ha | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 725.7 1000 ha | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 813.62 1000 ha | +12.1% |
| 2005 | 813.61 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 860.46 1000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 890.62 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 940.2 1000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 865.76 1000 ha | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 747.54 1000 ha | -13.7% |
| 2011 | 783.36 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 819.24 1000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 734.12 1000 ha | -10.4% |
| 2014 | 779.85 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 815.15 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 786.21 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 818.14 1000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 932.81 1000 ha | +14.0% |
| 2019 | 995.94 1000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 892.43 1000 ha | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 783.85 1000 ha | -12.2% |
| 2022 | 723.97 1000 ha | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 714.67 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 666.83 1000 ha | -6.7% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 666.83 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 814.65 1000 ha, 82% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Libya's 666.83 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 564.16 1000 ha, 1.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 811.77 1000 ha | 671.38 1000 ha | 940.2 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 821.24 1000 ha | 734.12 1000 ha | 995.94 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 756.35 1000 ha | 666.83 1000 ha | 892.43 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
More environment data for Libya
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -35.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.386 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2239 % 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 0.1672 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Libya?
- Grassland — area from modis in Libya was 666.83 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 995.94 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 666.83 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Libya rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Libya ranks 106th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Libya 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.