Grassland — Area from MODIS in Nepal
Nepal: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 2,511 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Nepal, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 2,511 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Nepal peaked at 2,681 1000 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2,460 1000 ha, in 2022.
Nepal ranks 77th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Nepal, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,677 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2,627 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 2,628 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,665 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 2,672 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,681 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 2,604 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 2,588 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 2,588 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,611 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 2,607 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,662 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 2,614 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 2,584 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 2,633 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 2,632 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,575 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 2,595 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 2,578 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 2,569 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 2,522 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 2,460 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 2,496 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 2,511 1000 ha | +0.6% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 2,511 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,142 1000 ha, 80% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 2,511 1000 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 549.17 1000 ha, 4.6× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,637 1000 ha | 2,588 1000 ha | 2,681 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2,609 1000 ha | 2,575 1000 ha | 2,662 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,511 1000 ha | 2,460 1000 ha | 2,569 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More environment data for Nepal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.43 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 41.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.54 % 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 -6.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Nepal?
- Grassland — area from modis in Nepal was 2,511 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 2,681 1000 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,460 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Nepal rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Nepal ranks 77th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal 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.