Grassland — Area from MODIS in Myanmar

Myanmar: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 4,276 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
4,276 1000 ha
Change on year
down 1.7%
World rank
65th
of 240 countries
All-time high
4,550 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
2,928 1000 ha
in 2002
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in Myanmar, 2001–2024

01.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k5.0k2001201220242001: 3.2k 1000 ha2002: 2.9k 1000 ha2003: 3.1k 1000 ha2004: 3.5k 1000 ha2005: 3.4k 1000 ha2006: 3.4k 1000 ha2007: 3.6k 1000 ha2008: 3.8k 1000 ha2009: 4.0k 1000 ha2010: 4.0k 1000 ha2011: 3.8k 1000 ha2012: 3.9k 1000 ha2013: 3.7k 1000 ha2014: 3.8k 1000 ha2015: 3.8k 1000 ha2016: 3.6k 1000 ha2017: 3.6k 1000 ha2018: 3.6k 1000 ha2019: 3.7k 1000 ha2020: 4.0k 1000 ha2021: 4.2k 1000 ha2022: 4.5k 1000 ha2023: 4.4k 1000 ha2024: 4.3k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for grassland — area from modis in Myanmar is 4,276 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Myanmar peaked at 4,550 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,928 1000 ha, in 2002.

Myanmar ranks 65th of 240 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 3,419 1000 ha 2,928 1000 ha 3,953 1000 ha 9
2010s 3,735 1000 ha 3,566 1000 ha 3,988 1000 ha 10
2020s 4,261 1000 ha 3,964 1000 ha 4,550 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Myanmar

  1. 62 Benin 4,450 1000 ha compare
  2. 63 Ukraine 4,447 1000 ha compare
  3. 64 France 4,288 1000 ha compare
  4. 66 Malawi 3,943 1000 ha compare
  5. 67 Indonesia 3,941 1000 ha compare
  6. 68 Congo 3,827 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in Myanmar?
Grassland — area from modis in Myanmar was 4,276 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Myanmar?
The highest recorded value was 4,550 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Myanmar?
The lowest recorded value was 2,928 1000 ha in 2002.
How does Myanmar rank for grassland — area from modis?
Myanmar ranks 65th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Myanmar?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Myanmar 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

Indicator
Grassland — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.