Grassland — Area from MODIS in Western Europe
Western Europe: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 11,280 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Western Europe, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 11,280 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Western Europe peaked at 11,280 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,020 1000 ha, in 2020.
Western Europe ranks 23rd of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10,022 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 9,908 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 9,399 1000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 10,098 1000 ha | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 10,189 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 9,425 1000 ha | -7.5% |
| 2007 | 9,943 1000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 10,354 1000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 10,237 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 11,044 1000 ha | +7.9% |
| 2011 | 9,734 1000 ha | -11.9% |
| 2012 | 9,982 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 10,354 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 10,328 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 9,859 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 9,919 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 10,087 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 9,539 1000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 9,332 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 9,020 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 10,093 1000 ha | +11.9% |
| 2022 | 11,065 1000 ha | +9.6% |
| 2023 | 11,165 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 11,280 1000 ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9,953 1000 ha | 9,399 1000 ha | 10,354 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 10,018 1000 ha | 9,332 1000 ha | 11,044 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,525 1000 ha | 9,020 1000 ha | 11,280 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 20 Madagascar 40,125 1000 ha compare
- 21 Nigeria 34,738 1000 ha compare
- 22 Peru 33,248 1000 ha compare
- 23 Zimbabwe 32,253 1000 ha compare
- 24 Botswana 30,529 1000 ha compare
- 24 Côte d'Ivoire 4,463 1000 ha compare
- 25 Somalia 25,963 1000 ha compare
- 25 Caribbean 1,576 1000 ha compare
- 26 Burkina Faso 25,374 1000 ha compare
- 26 Cabo Verde 269.6 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Western Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.94 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.485 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.23 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 151.58 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 54.56 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 97.02 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 1.73 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 14.73 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Western Europe?
- Grassland — area from modis in Western Europe was 11,280 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 11,280 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,020 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Western Europe rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Western Europe ranks 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.