Grassland — Area from MODIS in Southern Europe

Southern Europe: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 24,840 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
24,840 1000 ha
Change on year
down 3.4%
Rank
24th
of 29 groups
All-time high
29,418 1000 ha
in 2008
All-time low
24,495 1000 ha
in 2002
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in Southern Europe, 2001–2024

010.0k20.0k30.0k2001201220242001: 24.6k 1000 ha2002: 24.5k 1000 ha2003: 26.0k 1000 ha2004: 27.2k 1000 ha2005: 29.3k 1000 ha2006: 28.7k 1000 ha2007: 29.2k 1000 ha2008: 29.4k 1000 ha2009: 28.9k 1000 ha2010: 28.4k 1000 ha2011: 28.1k 1000 ha2012: 28.1k 1000 ha2013: 27.5k 1000 ha2014: 26.1k 1000 ha2015: 25.7k 1000 ha2016: 24.8k 1000 ha2017: 25.9k 1000 ha2018: 25.9k 1000 ha2019: 25.5k 1000 ha2020: 25.2k 1000 ha2021: 25.8k 1000 ha2022: 26.3k 1000 ha2023: 25.7k 1000 ha2024: 24.8k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2024, grassland — area from modis in Southern Europe stood at 24,840 1000 ha.

That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Southern Europe peaked at 29,418 1000 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 24,495 1000 ha, in 2002.

That places Southern Europe 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 27,554 1000 ha 24,495 1000 ha 29,418 1000 ha 9
2010s 26,600 1000 ha 24,811 1000 ha 28,370 1000 ha 10
2020s 25,589 1000 ha 24,840 1000 ha 26,321 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Southern Europe

  1. 21 Türkiye 36,740 1000 ha compare
  2. 22 Nigeria 34,738 1000 ha compare
  3. 23 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 34,085 1000 ha compare
  4. 24 Peru 33,248 1000 ha compare
  5. 25 Zimbabwe 32,253 1000 ha compare
  6. 26 Botswana 30,529 1000 ha compare
  7. 27 Somalia 25,963 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in Southern Europe?
Grassland — area from modis in Southern Europe was 24,840 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 Europe?
The highest recorded value was 29,418 1000 ha in 2008.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Southern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 24,495 1000 ha in 2002.
How does Southern Europe rank for grassland — area from modis?
Southern Europe ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Southern Europe 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.