Grassland — Area from MODIS in Malawi
Malawi: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 3,943 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Malawi, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 3,943 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Malawi peaked at 3,943 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,377 1000 ha, in 2002.
Malawi ranks 61st of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Malawi, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,489 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2,377 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 2,507 1000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 2,768 1000 ha | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 3,111 1000 ha | +12.4% |
| 2006 | 3,030 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 2,953 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 3,045 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 3,028 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 3,059 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 3,090 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 3,150 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 3,188 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 3,175 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 3,280 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 3,389 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 3,318 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 3,428 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 3,519 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 3,645 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 3,710 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 3,778 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 3,790 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 3,943 1000 ha | +4.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 3,943 1000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 12,651 1000 ha, 31% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 3,943 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 85% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,812 1000 ha | 2,377 1000 ha | 3,111 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3,260 1000 ha | 3,059 1000 ha | 3,519 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,773 1000 ha | 3,645 1000 ha | 3,943 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More environment data for Malawi
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.9153 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.8098 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.07 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.65 % 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 5.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Malawi?
- Grassland — area from modis in Malawi was 3,943 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 3,943 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,377 1000 ha in 2002.
- How does Malawi rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Malawi ranks 61st out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.