Grassland — Area from MODIS in Poland

Poland: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 3,169 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
3,169 1000 ha
Change on year
down 8.0%
World rank
75th
of 240 countries
All-time high
3,444 1000 ha
in 2023
All-time low
1,902 1000 ha
in 2012
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in Poland, 2001–2024

01.0k2.0k3.0k2001201220242001: 2.5k 1000 ha2002: 1.9k 1000 ha2003: 1.9k 1000 ha2004: 2.1k 1000 ha2005: 2.0k 1000 ha2006: 2.1k 1000 ha2007: 2.3k 1000 ha2008: 2.5k 1000 ha2009: 2.3k 1000 ha2010: 2.2k 1000 ha2011: 1.9k 1000 ha2012: 1.9k 1000 ha2013: 2.2k 1000 ha2014: 2.1k 1000 ha2015: 2.2k 1000 ha2016: 2.1k 1000 ha2017: 2.1k 1000 ha2018: 2.1k 1000 ha2019: 2.3k 1000 ha2020: 2.5k 1000 ha2021: 2.8k 1000 ha2022: 3.3k 1000 ha2023: 3.4k 1000 ha2024: 3.2k 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 Poland is 3,169 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.0% on the previous year and up 52.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Poland peaked at 3,444 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,902 1000 ha, in 2012.

That places Poland 75th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 2,182 1000 ha 1,919 1000 ha 2,523 1000 ha 9
2010s 2,111 1000 ha 1,902 1000 ha 2,286 1000 ha 10
2020s 3,032 1000 ha 2,470 1000 ha 3,444 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Poland

  1. 72 Yemen 3,281 1000 ha compare
  2. 73 Cambodia 3,238 1000 ha compare
  3. 74 Italy 3,173 1000 ha compare
  4. 76 Togo 3,158 1000 ha compare
  5. 77 Guinea 3,142 1000 ha compare
  6. 78 Thailand 2,954 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in Poland?
Grassland — area from modis in Poland was 3,169 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Poland?
The highest recorded value was 3,444 1000 ha in 2023.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Poland?
The lowest recorded value was 1,902 1000 ha in 2012.
How does Poland rank for grassland — area from modis?
Poland ranks 75th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Poland?
Over the last ten years it is up 52.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Poland 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.