Grassland — Area from MODIS in Samoa
Samoa: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 8.75 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Samoa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, grassland — area from modis in Samoa stood at 8.75 1000 ha.
That represents a change of down 8.1% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Samoa peaked at 11.51 1000 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4.06 1000 ha, in 2002.
That places Samoa 181st out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Samoa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4.62 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 4.06 1000 ha | -12.1% |
| 2003 | 4.19 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 4.98 1000 ha | +18.9% |
| 2005 | 4.7 1000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 4.56 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 4.96 1000 ha | +8.8% |
| 2008 | 5.9 1000 ha | +19.0% |
| 2009 | 5.95 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 6.37 1000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 8.19 1000 ha | +28.6% |
| 2012 | 9.17 1000 ha | +12.0% |
| 2013 | 9.62 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 9.86 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 10.82 1000 ha | +9.7% |
| 2016 | 11.23 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 10.61 1000 ha | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 11.46 1000 ha | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 11.51 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 10.48 1000 ha | -8.9% |
| 2021 | 10.03 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 11.08 1000 ha | +10.5% |
| 2023 | 9.52 1000 ha | -14.1% |
| 2024 | 8.75 1000 ha | -8.1% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 8.75 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 814.65 1000 ha, 1% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 8.75 1000 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 44.29 1000 ha, 20% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.88 1000 ha | 4.06 1000 ha | 5.95 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 9.88 1000 ha | 6.37 1000 ha | 11.51 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.97 1000 ha | 8.75 1000 ha | 11.08 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 178 Antigua and Barbuda 10.08 1000 ha compare
- 179 Antarctica 9.74 1000 ha compare
- 180 Tonga 9.31 1000 ha compare
- 182 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.34 1000 ha compare
- 183 Northern Mariana Islands 8.19 1000 ha compare
- 184 Aruba 7.87 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Samoa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3482 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.3183 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.23 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.919 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.68 % 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 -2.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Samoa?
- Grassland — area from modis in Samoa was 8.75 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 11.51 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.06 1000 ha in 2002.
- How does Samoa rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Samoa ranks 181st out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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.