Grassland — Area from MODIS in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 24,840 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Southern Europe, 2001–2024
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 21st out of 26 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.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 24,640 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 24,495 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 26,025 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 27,214 1000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 29,304 1000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 28,732 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 29,230 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 29,418 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 28,927 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 28,370 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 28,111 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 28,066 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 27,468 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 26,081 1000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 25,705 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 24,811 1000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 25,936 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 25,948 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 25,504 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 25,228 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 25,833 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 26,321 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 25,725 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 24,840 1000 ha | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 18 Chad 43,981 1000 ha compare
- 18 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.86 1000 ha compare
- 19 Kenya 43,217 1000 ha compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.51 1000 ha compare
- 20 Madagascar 40,125 1000 ha compare
- 21 Nigeria 34,738 1000 ha compare
- 22 Peru 33,248 1000 ha compare
- 23 Zimbabwe 32,253 1000 ha compare
- 24 Botswana 30,529 1000 ha compare
- 24 Côte d'Ivoire 4,463 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.3167 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.1235 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.323 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 73.08 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 48.29 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 24.80 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 783,078 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 6.44 million m3 (2024)
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 21st out of 26 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
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.