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 15th of 29 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.
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
More environment data for Southern Africa
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 152.42 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 4.38 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 12.74 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 267,335 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 265,067 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 165,032 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 165,032 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 62.26 % (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 8.37 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 13,812 1000 ha (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 15th out of 29 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.