Grassland — Area from MODIS in Sudan
Sudan: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 67,533 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grassland — area from modis in Sudan is 67,533 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Sudan peaked at 67,533 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 63,240 1000 ha, in 2012.
That places Sudan 12th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Sudan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 63,240 1000 ha | — |
| 2013 | 63,802 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 64,237 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 64,697 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 64,874 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 64,710 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 65,142 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 65,090 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 65,854 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 66,555 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 66,839 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 67,080 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 67,533 1000 ha | +0.7% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 67,533 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 12,651 1000 ha, 5.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 67,533 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 14.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 64,474 1000 ha | 63,240 1000 ha | 65,142 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 66,772 1000 ha | 65,854 1000 ha | 67,533 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,639 1000 ha compare
- 9 Mongolia 100,380 1000 ha compare
- 10 Sudan (former) 92,493 1000 ha
- 10 Viet Nam 1,588 1000 ha compare
- 11 Argentina 86,322 1000 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 1,087 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
More environment data for Sudan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -15.6 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -15.35 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.327 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.21 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2472 % 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 -0.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Sudan?
- Grassland — area from modis in Sudan was 67,533 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 67,533 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 63,240 1000 ha in 2012.
- How does Sudan rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Sudan ranks 12th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan 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.