Grassland — Area from MODIS in Palestine

Palestine: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 155.67 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
155.67 1000 ha
Change on year
up 2.4%
World rank
144th
of 218 countries
All-time high
212.22 1000 ha
in 2007
All-time low
142.42 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Grassland — Area from MODIS in Palestine, 2001–2024

0501001502002001201220242001: 168.7 1000 ha2002: 186.4 1000 ha2003: 200.6 1000 ha2004: 195.1 1000 ha2005: 208.5 1000 ha2006: 204.2 1000 ha2007: 212.2 1000 ha2008: 210.4 1000 ha2009: 188.7 1000 ha2010: 199.7 1000 ha2011: 195.1 1000 ha2012: 183.9 1000 ha2013: 181.4 1000 ha2014: 186.9 1000 ha2015: 183.5 1000 ha2016: 192.3 1000 ha2017: 188.5 1000 ha2018: 189.3 1000 ha2019: 179.7 1000 ha2020: 176.6 1000 ha2021: 155.2 1000 ha2022: 142.4 1000 ha2023: 152.1 1000 ha2024: 155.7 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 Palestine is 155.67 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Palestine peaked at 212.22 1000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 142.42 1000 ha, in 2022.

That places Palestine 144th out of 218 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 197.23 1000 ha 168.74 1000 ha 212.22 1000 ha 9
2010s 188.04 1000 ha 179.66 1000 ha 199.65 1000 ha 10
2020s 156.39 1000 ha 142.42 1000 ha 176.57 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Palestine

  1. 141 Denmark 220.88 1000 ha compare
  2. 142 Fiji 214.39 1000 ha compare
  3. 143 Suriname 160.97 1000 ha compare
  4. 145 Jordan 115.96 1000 ha compare
  5. 146 Faroe Islands 92.36 1000 ha compare
  6. 147 Slovenia 83.43 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — area from modis in Palestine?
Grassland — area from modis in Palestine was 155.67 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Palestine?
The highest recorded value was 212.22 1000 ha in 2007.
What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Palestine?
The lowest recorded value was 142.42 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Palestine rank for grassland — area from modis?
Palestine ranks 144th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Palestine?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Palestine 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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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
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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.