Grassland — Area from MODIS in Mozambique
Mozambique: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 20,467 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Mozambique, 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 Mozambique is 20,467 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 28.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Mozambique peaked at 20,467 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,220 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Mozambique 31st out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9,220 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 12,886 1000 ha | +39.8% |
| 2003 | 13,684 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 13,581 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 16,243 1000 ha | +19.6% |
| 2006 | 16,232 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 16,678 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 17,581 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 16,731 1000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 15,666 1000 ha | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 15,902 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 16,523 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 16,558 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 15,928 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 17,305 1000 ha | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 18,139 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 17,060 1000 ha | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 16,703 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 16,874 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 18,768 1000 ha | +11.2% |
| 2021 | 19,214 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 20,401 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 20,165 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 20,467 1000 ha | +1.5% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 20,467 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 12,651 1000 ha, 1.6× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 20,467 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 4.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Grassland — Area from MODIS in Mozambique changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +39.8% | 9,220 1000 ha | 12,886 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14,760 1000 ha | 9,220 1000 ha | 17,581 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 16,666 1000 ha | 15,666 1000 ha | 18,139 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,803 1000 ha | 18,768 1000 ha | 20,467 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 28 Afghanistan 23,931 1000 ha compare
- 29 South Sudan 22,963 1000 ha compare
- 30 Zambia 22,707 1000 ha compare
- 32 Namibia 20,443 1000 ha compare
- 33 India 19,835 1000 ha compare
- 34 Mauritania 16,298 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Mozambique
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.58 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.256 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -2.02 % 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 0.2476 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Mozambique?
- Grassland — area from modis in Mozambique was 20,467 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 20,467 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,220 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Mozambique rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Mozambique ranks 31st out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.