Grassland — Area from MODIS in Madagascar
Madagascar: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 40,125 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Madagascar, 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 Madagascar is 40,125 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Madagascar peaked at 40,125 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 35,805 1000 ha, in 2002.
That places Madagascar 20th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 35,930 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 35,805 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 36,257 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 36,867 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 37,235 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 37,673 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 37,587 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 37,545 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 37,328 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 37,593 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 37,720 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 37,606 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 37,992 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 38,199 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 38,475 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 38,462 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 38,777 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 38,924 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 39,145 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 39,239 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 39,311 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 39,379 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 40,040 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 40,125 1000 ha | +0.2% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 40,125 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 12,651 1000 ha, 3.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 40,125 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 8.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 36,914 1000 ha | 35,805 1000 ha | 37,673 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 38,289 1000 ha | 37,593 1000 ha | 39,145 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,619 1000 ha | 39,239 1000 ha | 40,125 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 17 Angola 45,855 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 15.81 1000 ha compare
- 18 Chad 43,981 1000 ha compare
- 18 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.86 1000 ha compare
- 19 Kenya 43,217 1000 ha compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.51 1000 ha compare
- 21 Nigeria 34,738 1000 ha compare
- 22 Peru 33,248 1000 ha compare
- 23 Zimbabwe 32,253 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Madagascar
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.297 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.17 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2369 % 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 -1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Madagascar?
- Grassland — area from modis in Madagascar was 40,125 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 40,125 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,805 1000 ha in 2002.
- How does Madagascar rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Madagascar ranks 20th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.