Grassland — Area from MODIS in Western Africa
Western Africa: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 193,328 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Western Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, grassland — area from modis in Western Africa stood at 193,328 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Western Africa peaked at 193,328 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 171,402 1000 ha, in 2002.
That places Western Africa 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 178,069 1000 ha | 171,402 1000 ha | 183,389 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 184,156 1000 ha | 180,718 1000 ha | 186,453 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 191,777 1000 ha | 189,875 1000 ha | 193,328 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
More environment data for Western Africa
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 486.46 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.53 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 1.68 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 614,753 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 606,405 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 298,420 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 298,420 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 49.21 % (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 33.2 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 99,061 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Western Africa?
- Grassland — area from modis in Western Africa was 193,328 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 193,328 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 171,402 1000 ha in 2002.
- How does Western Africa rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Western Africa ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.