Grassland — Area from MODIS in Yemen
Yemen: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 3,281 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Yemen, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 3,281 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.0% on the previous year and up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Yemen peaked at 3,547 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2,836 1000 ha, in 2009.
Yemen ranks 67th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Yemen, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3,547 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 3,497 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 3,256 1000 ha | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 2,981 1000 ha | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 2,967 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 3,004 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 3,005 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,934 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 2,836 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 2,891 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 2,899 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 2,880 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 2,899 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 2,855 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 2,846 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 2,891 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 2,894 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,869 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 2,871 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,876 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 2,882 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 3,030 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 3,068 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 3,281 1000 ha | +7.0% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 3,281 1000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 12,651 1000 ha, 26% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 3,281 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 564.16 1000 ha, 5.8× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,114 1000 ha | 2,836 1000 ha | 3,547 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2,880 1000 ha | 2,846 1000 ha | 2,899 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,028 1000 ha | 2,876 1000 ha | 3,281 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More environment data for Yemen
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -36.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -31.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 43.43 % change on previous year (1998)
- Standard Deviation 0.393 °C (1998)
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (1998)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 2.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Yemen?
- Grassland — area from modis in Yemen was 3,281 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 3,547 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,836 1000 ha in 2009.
- How does Yemen rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Yemen ranks 67th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen 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.