Grassland — Area from MODIS in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 69.91 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
69.91 1000 ha
Change on year
up 21.1%
World rank
165th
of 240 countries
All-time high
114.09 1000 ha
in 2002
All-time low
41.34 1000 ha
in 2017
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in Puerto Rico, 2001–2024

02550751001252001201220242001: 109.2 1000 ha2002: 114.1 1000 ha2003: 98.6 1000 ha2004: 94.2 1000 ha2005: 103.7 1000 ha2006: 103 1000 ha2007: 96.4 1000 ha2008: 82.8 1000 ha2009: 78.4 1000 ha2010: 70.9 1000 ha2011: 77.9 1000 ha2012: 66.2 1000 ha2013: 70.6 1000 ha2014: 60.8 1000 ha2015: 52.3 1000 ha2016: 45.3 1000 ha2017: 41.3 1000 ha2018: 51.1 1000 ha2019: 52.2 1000 ha2020: 44.1 1000 ha2021: 47.2 1000 ha2022: 52.2 1000 ha2023: 57.8 1000 ha2024: 69.9 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 Puerto Rico is 69.91 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 21.1% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Puerto Rico peaked at 114.09 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 41.34 1000 ha, in 2017.

Puerto Rico ranks 165th of 240 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 97.82 1000 ha 78.38 1000 ha 114.09 1000 ha 9
2010s 58.88 1000 ha 41.34 1000 ha 77.93 1000 ha 10
2020s 54.23 1000 ha 44.12 1000 ha 69.91 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 162 China, Taiwan Province of 70.61 1000 ha compare
  2. 163 Trinidad and Tobago 70.33 1000 ha compare
  3. 164 Sierra Leone 70.18 1000 ha compare
  4. 166 Jamaica 49.26 1000 ha compare
  5. 167 Netherlands Antilles (former) 47.86 1000 ha compare
  6. 168 Western Sahara 46.18 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in Puerto Rico?
Grassland — area from modis in Puerto Rico was 69.91 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 114.09 1000 ha in 2002.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 41.34 1000 ha in 2017.
How does Puerto Rico rank for grassland — area from modis?
Puerto Rico ranks 165th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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.