Grassland — Area from MODIS in Switzerland
Switzerland: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 1,321 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Switzerland, 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 Switzerland is 1,321 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Switzerland peaked at 1,321 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 950.33 1000 ha, in 2001.
Switzerland ranks 100th of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,156 1000 ha | 950.33 1000 ha | 1,255 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,217 1000 ha | 1,168 1000 ha | 1,290 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,274 1000 ha | 1,196 1000 ha | 1,321 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More environment data for Switzerland
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 12.27 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 52 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 178.11 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 26.99 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 71.56 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,066 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 1.7 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 25.38 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 26.73 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 398.38 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Switzerland?
- Grassland — area from modis in Switzerland was 1,321 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,321 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 950.33 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Switzerland rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Switzerland ranks 100th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.