Grassland — Area from MODIS in Spain
Spain: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 12,731 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Spain, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, grassland — area from modis in Spain stood at 12,731 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.3% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Spain peaked at 15,519 1000 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 12,398 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Spain 38th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Spain, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 12,398 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 12,921 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 13,184 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 13,928 1000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 15,519 1000 ha | +11.4% |
| 2006 | 14,924 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 14,887 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 15,270 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 15,220 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 15,173 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 15,109 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 14,780 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 14,358 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 13,518 1000 ha | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 13,253 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 12,958 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 13,668 1000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 13,740 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 13,341 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 13,329 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 13,723 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 13,764 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 13,583 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 12,731 1000 ha | -6.3% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 12,731 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294.06 1000 ha, 43.3× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Spain's 12,731 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,415 1000 ha, 9.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14,250 1000 ha | 12,398 1000 ha | 15,519 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 13,990 1000 ha | 12,958 1000 ha | 15,173 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,426 1000 ha | 12,731 1000 ha | 13,764 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More environment data for Spain
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.67 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.402 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.3 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 10.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4277 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.5136 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Spain?
- Grassland — area from modis in Spain was 12,731 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 15,519 1000 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,398 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Spain rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Spain ranks 38th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain 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.