Grassland — Area from MODIS in United States of America

United States of America: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 285,923 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
285,923 1000 ha
Change on year
down 1.3%
Rank
9th
of 26 groups
All-time high
295,470 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
271,496 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in United States of America, 2001–2024

0100.0k200.0k300.0k2001201220242001: 271.5k 1000 ha2002: 282.2k 1000 ha2003: 286.7k 1000 ha2004: 284.7k 1000 ha2005: 287.7k 1000 ha2006: 294.9k 1000 ha2007: 292.0k 1000 ha2008: 293.8k 1000 ha2009: 291.2k 1000 ha2010: 291.0k 1000 ha2011: 291.7k 1000 ha2012: 293.3k 1000 ha2013: 292.2k 1000 ha2014: 290.8k 1000 ha2015: 290.3k 1000 ha2016: 290.5k 1000 ha2017: 290.7k 1000 ha2018: 289.1k 1000 ha2019: 288.4k 1000 ha2020: 289.4k 1000 ha2021: 293.1k 1000 ha2022: 295.5k 1000 ha2023: 289.8k 1000 ha2024: 285.9k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for grassland — area from modis in United States of America is 285,923 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in United States of America peaked at 295,470 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 271,496 1000 ha, in 2001.

United States of America ranks 9th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Grassland — Area from MODIS in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Grassland — Area from MODIS in United States of America, 2001 to 2024.
Year 1000 ha Change
2001 271,496 1000 ha
2002 282,236 1000 ha +4.0%
2003 286,747 1000 ha +1.6%
2004 284,675 1000 ha -0.7%
2005 287,738 1000 ha +1.1%
2006 294,889 1000 ha +2.5%
2007 292,019 1000 ha -1.0%
2008 293,751 1000 ha +0.6%
2009 291,152 1000 ha -0.9%
2010 290,979 1000 ha -0.1%
2011 291,690 1000 ha +0.2%
2012 293,277 1000 ha +0.5%
2013 292,195 1000 ha -0.4%
2014 290,756 1000 ha -0.5%
2015 290,343 1000 ha -0.1%
2016 290,451 1000 ha +0.0%
2017 290,688 1000 ha +0.1%
2018 289,097 1000 ha -0.5%
2019 288,365 1000 ha -0.3%
2020 289,352 1000 ha +0.3%
2021 293,149 1000 ha +1.3%
2022 295,470 1000 ha +0.8%
2023 289,819 1000 ha -1.9%
2024 285,923 1000 ha -1.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 287,189 1000 ha 271,496 1000 ha 294,889 1000 ha 9
2010s 290,784 1000 ha 288,365 1000 ha 293,277 1000 ha 10
2020s 290,743 1000 ha 285,923 1000 ha 295,470 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 6 Australia 207,497 1000 ha compare
  2. 7 Canada 203,741 1000 ha compare
  3. 8 Brazil 187,113 1000 ha compare
  4. 9 Mongolia 100,380 1000 ha compare
  5. 10 Sudan (former) 92,493 1000 ha compare
  6. 11 Argentina 86,322 1000 ha compare
  7. 12 Sudan 67,533 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for United States of America

All data for United States of America →

Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in United States of America?
Grassland — area from modis in United States of America was 285,923 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 295,470 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 271,496 1000 ha in 2001.
How does United States of America rank for grassland — area from modis?
United States of America ranks 9th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this United States of America 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Grassland — Area from MODIS in United States of America. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 27 August 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/grassland-area-from-modis/united-states-of-america/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/grassland-area-from-modis/united-states-of-america/">Grassland — Area from MODIS in United States of America</a> — Statizoid

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.