Grassland — Area from MODIS in South-eastern Asia

South-eastern Asia: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 21,358 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
21,358 1000 ha
Change on year
down 2.7%
Rank
25th
of 29 groups
All-time high
22,652 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
16,688 1000 ha
in 2002
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in South-eastern Asia, 2001–2024

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k2001201220242001: 16.8k 1000 ha2002: 16.7k 1000 ha2003: 17.8k 1000 ha2004: 18.8k 1000 ha2005: 18.4k 1000 ha2006: 18.1k 1000 ha2007: 18.2k 1000 ha2008: 18.9k 1000 ha2009: 19.8k 1000 ha2010: 19.9k 1000 ha2011: 19.5k 1000 ha2012: 19.7k 1000 ha2013: 19.9k 1000 ha2014: 20.2k 1000 ha2015: 20.0k 1000 ha2016: 19.6k 1000 ha2017: 19.2k 1000 ha2018: 19.5k 1000 ha2019: 20.1k 1000 ha2020: 21.0k 1000 ha2021: 21.4k 1000 ha2022: 22.7k 1000 ha2023: 22.0k 1000 ha2024: 21.4k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

South-eastern Asia recorded 21,358 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.

That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in South-eastern Asia peaked at 22,652 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 16,688 1000 ha, in 2002.

That places South-eastern Asia 25th out of 29 groups 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 18,183 1000 ha 16,688 1000 ha 19,840 1000 ha 9
2010s 19,771 1000 ha 19,151 1000 ha 20,250 1000 ha 10
2020s 21,661 1000 ha 20,967 1000 ha 22,652 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near South-eastern Asia

  1. 22 Nigeria 34,738 1000 ha compare
  2. 23 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 34,085 1000 ha compare
  3. 24 Peru 33,248 1000 ha compare
  4. 25 Zimbabwe 32,253 1000 ha compare
  5. 26 Botswana 30,529 1000 ha compare
  6. 27 Somalia 25,963 1000 ha compare
  7. 28 Burkina Faso 25,374 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in South-eastern Asia?
Grassland — area from modis in South-eastern Asia was 21,358 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-eastern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 22,652 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in South-eastern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 16,688 1000 ha in 2002.
How does South-eastern Asia rank for grassland — area from modis?
South-eastern Asia ranks 25th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in South-eastern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this South-eastern Asia 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.