Grassland — Area from MODIS in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 11.6 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, grassland — area from modis in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands stood at 11.6 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands peaked at 11.88 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.07 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 175th 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 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5.07 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 7.44 1000 ha | +46.7% |
| 2003 | 8.54 1000 ha | +14.8% |
| 2004 | 8.71 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 8.99 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 8.88 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 8.43 1000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 8.24 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 8.56 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 9.51 1000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 9.62 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 10.26 1000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 9.98 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 9.64 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 9.64 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9.85 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 10.07 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 10.76 1000 ha | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 10.95 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 11.25 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 11.51 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 11.88 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 11.73 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 11.6 1000 ha | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.1 1000 ha | 5.07 1000 ha | 8.99 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 10.03 1000 ha | 9.51 1000 ha | 10.95 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.59 1000 ha | 11.25 1000 ha | 11.88 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- 172 Liberia 15.62 1000 ha compare
- 173 Brunei Darussalam 14.32 1000 ha compare
- 174 Isle of Man 13.3 1000 ha compare
- 176 Saint Lucia 11.46 1000 ha compare
- 177 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 10.38 1000 ha compare
- 178 Antigua and Barbuda 10.08 1000 ha compare
More environment data for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.08 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.35 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.429 °C (2025)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.2512 Percentage change (2024)
- Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC 2.06 1000 ha (2022)
- Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC 40.06 1000 ha (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- Grassland — area from modis in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was 11.6 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 Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 11.88 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.07 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands rank for grassland — area from modis?
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ranks 175th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 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.