Grassland — Area from MODIS in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 2,416 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Saudi Arabia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 2,416 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is up 17.9% on the previous year and up 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Saudi Arabia peaked at 2,588 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,477 1000 ha, in 2009.
That places Saudi Arabia 80th out of 223 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.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,588 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2,193 1000 ha | -15.3% |
| 2003 | 1,795 1000 ha | -18.1% |
| 2004 | 1,585 1000 ha | -11.7% |
| 2005 | 1,494 1000 ha | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 1,491 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,549 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 1,485 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 1,477 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,503 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 1,565 1000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 1,601 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 1,725 1000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 1,879 1000 ha | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 1,826 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 1,900 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 1,838 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 1,818 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 1,911 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 1,825 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 1,801 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 1,788 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 2,049 1000 ha | +14.6% |
| 2024 | 2,416 1000 ha | +17.9% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 2,416 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294.06 1000 ha, 8.2× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 2,416 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 564.16 1000 ha, 4.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,740 1000 ha | 1,477 1000 ha | 2,588 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,757 1000 ha | 1,503 1000 ha | 1,911 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,976 1000 ha | 1,788 1000 ha | 2,416 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -52.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -27.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.424 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.53 % 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 9.62 % 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 Saudi Arabia?
- Grassland — area from modis in Saudi Arabia was 2,416 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,588 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,477 1000 ha in 2009.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 80th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.