Grassland — Area from MODIS in Uruguay
Uruguay: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 8,555 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Uruguay, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 8,555 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.4% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Uruguay peaked at 11,736 1000 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 8,555 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Uruguay 50th out of 240 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10,791 1000 ha | 9,702 1000 ha | 11,678 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 10,680 1000 ha | 9,704 1000 ha | 11,736 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,656 1000 ha | 8,555 1000 ha | 10,384 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 47 New Zealand 9,766 1000 ha compare
- 48 Chile 9,751 1000 ha compare
- 49 Colombia 8,704 1000 ha compare
- 51 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,189 1000 ha compare
- 52 Iraq 6,209 1000 ha compare
- 53 Turkmenistan 6,038 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Uruguay
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 13.88 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 306.54 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 119.9 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 74.74 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 85.56 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 13,081 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.26 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 39 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 14.19 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 2,169 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Uruguay?
- Grassland — area from modis in Uruguay was 8,555 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 11,736 1000 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,555 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Uruguay rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Uruguay ranks 50th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.