Grassland — Area from MODIS in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 109,884 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Southern 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 Southern Africa is 109,884 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Southern Africa peaked at 121,013 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 107,636 1000 ha, in 2019.
Southern Africa ranks 14th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 119,613 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 121,013 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 119,758 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 119,640 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 115,254 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 117,104 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 113,435 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 115,355 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 116,240 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 115,364 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 117,281 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 117,314 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 116,608 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 118,787 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 113,397 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 111,481 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 112,132 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 108,496 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 107,636 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 108,393 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 112,160 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 113,045 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 111,753 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 109,884 1000 ha | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 117,490 1000 ha | 113,435 1000 ha | 121,013 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 113,850 1000 ha | 107,636 1000 ha | 118,787 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 111,047 1000 ha | 108,393 1000 ha | 113,045 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 11 Argentina 86,322 1000 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 1,087 1000 ha compare
- 12 Sudan 67,533 1000 ha compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 947.58 1000 ha compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 828.75 1000 ha compare
- 13 South Africa 55,120 1000 ha compare
- 14 Ethiopia 53,433 1000 ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 179.53 1000 ha compare
- 15 Mali 49,706 1000 ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 104.56 1000 ha compare
- 16 Mexico 48,075 1000 ha compare
- 16 Polynesia 40.22 1000 ha compare
- 17 Angola 45,855 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 15.81 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 7.61 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.282 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.892 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 770,000 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 27.42 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 17.80 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 17.26 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 161,260 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Southern Africa?
- Grassland — area from modis in Southern Africa was 109,884 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 121,013 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 107,636 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Southern Africa rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Southern Africa ranks 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern 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.