Grassland — Area from MODIS in Somalia
Somalia: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 25,963 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Somalia, 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 Somalia is 25,963 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Somalia peaked at 27,236 1000 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 21,905 1000 ha, in 2001.
Somalia ranks 25th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Somalia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 21,905 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 23,725 1000 ha | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 24,073 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 25,100 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 25,588 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 26,214 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 24,257 1000 ha | -7.5% |
| 2008 | 23,658 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 23,198 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 22,740 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 24,299 1000 ha | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 25,705 1000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 27,236 1000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 26,565 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 27,001 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 25,752 1000 ha | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 24,047 1000 ha | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 24,777 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 25,931 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 26,934 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 25,616 1000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 22,762 1000 ha | -11.1% |
| 2023 | 25,506 1000 ha | +12.1% |
| 2024 | 25,963 1000 ha | +1.8% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 25,963 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 12,651 1000 ha, 2.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 25,963 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 5.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24,191 1000 ha | 21,905 1000 ha | 26,214 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 25,405 1000 ha | 22,740 1000 ha | 27,236 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,356 1000 ha | 22,762 1000 ha | 26,934 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 22 Peru 33,248 1000 ha compare
- 23 Zimbabwe 32,253 1000 ha compare
- 24 Botswana 30,529 1000 ha compare
- 24 Côte d'Ivoire 4,463 1000 ha compare
- 25 Caribbean 1,576 1000 ha compare
- 26 Burkina Faso 25,374 1000 ha compare
- 26 Cabo Verde 269.6 1000 ha compare
- 27 Niger 25,190 1000 ha compare
- 28 Afghanistan 23,931 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Somalia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -28.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -24.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.5029 % 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 -0.1376 % 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 Somalia?
- Grassland — area from modis in Somalia was 25,963 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 27,236 1000 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,905 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Somalia rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Somalia ranks 25th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.