Grassland — Area from MODIS in South Africa
South Africa: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 55,120 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Grassland — Area from MODIS in South Africa, 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 South Africa is 55,120 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in South Africa peaked at 57,590 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 54,547 1000 ha, in 2018.
That places South Africa 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 56,215 1000 ha | 55,826 1000 ha | 57,026 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 55,480 1000 ha | 54,547 1000 ha | 56,287 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 56,454 1000 ha | 55,120 1000 ha | 57,590 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 17 Chad 43,981 1000 ha compare
- 18 Kenya 43,217 1000 ha compare
- 19 Madagascar 40,125 1000 ha compare
- 20 United Republic of Tanzania 39,390 1000 ha compare
- 21 Türkiye 36,740 1000 ha compare
- 22 Nigeria 34,738 1000 ha compare
- 23 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 34,085 1000 ha compare
More environment data for South Africa
- Standard Deviation 0.275 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1.18 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 2.03 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 30,837 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 7,586 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 272,220 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 385,631 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 516,696 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 472,308 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in South Africa?
- Grassland — area from modis in South Africa was 55,120 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 57,590 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 54,547 1000 ha in 2018.
- How does South Africa rank for grassland — area from modis?
- South Africa ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South Africa 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.