Grassland — Area from MODIS in Namibia
Namibia: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 20,443 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Namibia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 20,443 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Namibia peaked at 26,141 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 18,506 1000 ha, in 2019.
That places Namibia 32nd 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 Namibia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 25,749 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 26,141 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 23,844 1000 ha | -8.8% |
| 2004 | 23,266 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 21,385 1000 ha | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 23,428 1000 ha | +9.6% |
| 2007 | 20,619 1000 ha | -12.0% |
| 2008 | 22,142 1000 ha | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 23,413 1000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 23,012 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 24,892 1000 ha | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 23,801 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 23,229 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 22,981 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 21,165 1000 ha | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 20,383 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 20,308 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 19,077 1000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 18,506 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 18,705 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 19,957 1000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 20,921 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 21,004 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 20,443 1000 ha | -2.7% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 20,443 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,142 1000 ha, 6.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 20,443 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 4.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23,332 1000 ha | 20,619 1000 ha | 26,141 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 21,735 1000 ha | 18,506 1000 ha | 24,892 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,206 1000 ha | 18,705 1000 ha | 21,004 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 29 South Sudan 22,963 1000 ha compare
- 30 Zambia 22,707 1000 ha compare
- 31 Mozambique 20,467 1000 ha compare
- 33 India 19,835 1000 ha compare
- 34 Mauritania 16,298 1000 ha compare
- 35 Senegal 15,676 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Namibia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.319 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.979 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.32 % 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 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Namibia?
- Grassland — area from modis in Namibia was 20,443 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 26,141 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,506 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Namibia rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Namibia ranks 32nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia 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.