Grassland — Area from MODIS in Morocco
Morocco: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 4,717 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Morocco, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 4,717 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Morocco peaked at 6,317 1000 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4,717 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Morocco 53rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Morocco, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5,123 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 5,151 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 5,666 1000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 5,826 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 5,917 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 5,873 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 5,780 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 5,618 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 6,301 1000 ha | +12.2% |
| 2010 | 6,317 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 6,203 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 6,185 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 6,048 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 5,902 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 5,964 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 6,059 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 5,610 1000 ha | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 5,591 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 5,608 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 5,567 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 5,157 1000 ha | -7.4% |
| 2022 | 5,134 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 4,809 1000 ha | -6.3% |
| 2024 | 4,717 1000 ha | -1.9% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 4,717 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,142 1000 ha, 1.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 4,717 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 564.16 1000 ha, 8.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,695 1000 ha | 5,123 1000 ha | 6,301 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 5,949 1000 ha | 5,591 1000 ha | 6,317 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,077 1000 ha | 4,717 1000 ha | 5,567 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More environment data for Morocco
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -19.84 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.521 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.14 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.3488 % 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 -1.54 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Morocco?
- Grassland — area from modis in Morocco was 4,717 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 6,317 1000 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,717 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Morocco rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Morocco ranks 53rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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.