Grassland — Area from MODIS in Zambia
Zambia: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 22,707 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Zambia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grassland — area from modis in Zambia is 22,707 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Zambia peaked at 22,707 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14,449 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Zambia 30th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Zambia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 14,449 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 16,808 1000 ha | +16.3% |
| 2003 | 17,565 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 18,073 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 19,306 1000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 19,307 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 19,155 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 18,888 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 18,337 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 17,765 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 17,525 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 17,947 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 18,639 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 18,783 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 18,994 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 19,526 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 19,109 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 18,906 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 19,662 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 20,430 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 20,945 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 21,410 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 21,876 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 22,707 1000 ha | +3.8% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 22,707 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,142 1000 ha, 7.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 22,707 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 4.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17,988 1000 ha | 14,449 1000 ha | 19,307 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 18,686 1000 ha | 17,525 1000 ha | 19,662 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,474 1000 ha | 20,430 1000 ha | 22,707 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 27 Niger 25,190 1000 ha compare
- 28 Afghanistan 23,931 1000 ha compare
- 29 South Sudan 22,963 1000 ha compare
- 31 Mozambique 20,467 1000 ha compare
- 32 Namibia 20,443 1000 ha compare
- 33 India 19,835 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Zambia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.03 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.11 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- 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 3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Zambia?
- Grassland — area from modis in Zambia was 22,707 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 22,707 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,449 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Zambia rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Zambia ranks 30th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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.