Grassland — Area from MODIS in Mauritius
Mauritius: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 16.91 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Mauritius, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 16.91 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is down 6.6% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Mauritius peaked at 18.71 1000 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 14.11 1000 ha, in 2007.
Mauritius ranks 170th of 223 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 15.05 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 14.77 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 16.27 1000 ha | +10.2% |
| 2004 | 17 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 17.4 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 16.03 1000 ha | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 14.11 1000 ha | -12.0% |
| 2008 | 14.13 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 14.92 1000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 15.84 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 16.16 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 16.85 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 17.1 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 17.53 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 17.57 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 18.13 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 18.02 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 17.12 1000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 18.71 1000 ha | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 17.89 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 16.97 1000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 17.36 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 18.11 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 16.91 1000 ha | -6.6% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 16.91 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 814.65 1000 ha, 2% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 16.91 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 0% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.52 1000 ha | 14.11 1000 ha | 17.4 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 17.3 1000 ha | 15.84 1000 ha | 18.71 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.45 1000 ha | 16.91 1000 ha | 18.11 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 167 French Guiana 21.18 1000 ha compare
- 168 Andorra 20.06 1000 ha compare
- 169 French Polynesia 17.84 1000 ha compare
- 171 Comoros 16.57 1000 ha compare
- 172 Liberia 15.62 1000 ha compare
- 173 Brunei Darussalam 14.32 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Mauritius
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 9.92 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 9.84 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.295 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.35 % 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 -1.62 % 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 Mauritius?
- Grassland — area from modis in Mauritius was 16.91 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 18.71 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.11 1000 ha in 2007.
- How does Mauritius rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Mauritius ranks 170th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.