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 32nd out of 240 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.
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
- 29 Niger 25,190 1000 ha compare
- 30 Afghanistan 23,931 1000 ha compare
- 31 South Sudan 22,963 1000 ha compare
- 33 Mozambique 20,467 1000 ha compare
- 34 Namibia 20,443 1000 ha compare
- 35 India 19,835 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Zambia
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 4.06 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 155.89 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 922 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 26.9 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 83.89 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 20,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.17 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 40.49 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 15.94 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 3,800 1000 ha (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 32nd out of 240 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.