Grassland — Area from MODIS in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 31,710 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Northern Europe, 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 Northern Europe is 31,710 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Northern Europe peaked at 32,814 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 24,491 1000 ha, in 2001.
Northern Europe ranks 20th of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 24,491 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 27,632 1000 ha | +12.8% |
| 2003 | 29,294 1000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 29,300 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 28,664 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 28,200 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 28,342 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 29,293 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 29,861 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 30,554 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 30,267 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 30,176 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 29,790 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 29,818 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 30,854 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 31,297 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 31,499 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 31,234 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 31,386 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 31,675 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 31,754 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 32,643 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 32,814 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 31,710 1000 ha | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28,342 1000 ha | 24,491 1000 ha | 29,861 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 30,687 1000 ha | 29,790 1000 ha | 31,499 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,119 1000 ha | 31,675 1000 ha | 32,814 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Europe
- 17 Angola 45,855 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 15.81 1000 ha compare
- 18 Chad 43,981 1000 ha compare
- 18 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.86 1000 ha compare
- 19 Kenya 43,217 1000 ha compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.51 1000 ha compare
- 20 Madagascar 40,125 1000 ha compare
- 21 Nigeria 34,738 1000 ha compare
- 22 Peru 33,248 1000 ha compare
- 23 Zimbabwe 32,253 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Northern Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.685 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.48 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -0.9433 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 0.7673 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, annual 7.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value, annual growth rate 11.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roundwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate 13.76 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Northern Europe?
- Grassland — area from modis in Northern Europe was 31,710 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 32,814 1000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,491 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Northern Europe rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Northern Europe ranks 20th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.