Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Asia

Southern Asia: Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC was 239,069 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
239,069 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.3%
Rank
7th
of 29 groups
All-time high
248,553 1000 ha
in 1992
All-time low
239,069 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Asia, 1992–2022

050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k1992200720221992: 248.6k 1000 ha1993: 248.1k 1000 ha1994: 247.9k 1000 ha1995: 248.2k 1000 ha1996: 247.8k 1000 ha1997: 248.1k 1000 ha1998: 248.2k 1000 ha1999: 248.4k 1000 ha2000: 248.3k 1000 ha2001: 248.1k 1000 ha2002: 248.1k 1000 ha2003: 247.6k 1000 ha2004: 247.3k 1000 ha2005: 247.3k 1000 ha2006: 246.6k 1000 ha2007: 246.0k 1000 ha2008: 245.7k 1000 ha2009: 245.3k 1000 ha2010: 244.7k 1000 ha2011: 244.4k 1000 ha2012: 243.8k 1000 ha2013: 243.1k 1000 ha2014: 243.0k 1000 ha2015: 242.9k 1000 ha2016: 242.3k 1000 ha2017: 241.9k 1000 ha2018: 241.5k 1000 ha2019: 240.9k 1000 ha2020: 240.3k 1000 ha2021: 239.9k 1000 ha2022: 239.1k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

In 2022, herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Southern Asia stood at 239,069 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Southern Asia peaked at 248,553 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 239,069 1000 ha, in 2022.

That places Southern Asia 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 248,163 1000 ha 247,802 1000 ha 248,553 1000 ha 8
2000s 247,031 1000 ha 245,284 1000 ha 248,317 1000 ha 10
2010s 242,835 1000 ha 240,861 1000 ha 244,680 1000 ha 10
2020s 239,738 1000 ha 239,069 1000 ha 240,264 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Southern Asia

  1. 4 Russian Federation 158,557 1000 ha compare
  2. 5 Brazil 144,093 1000 ha compare
  3. 6 Argentina 53,362 1000 ha compare
  4. 7 Australia and New Zealand 53,300 1000 ha compare
  5. 8 Australia 52,840 1000 ha compare
  6. 9 Canada 52,663 1000 ha compare
  7. 10 Kazakhstan 48,290 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Southern Asia?
Herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Southern Asia was 239,069 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc recorded in Southern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 248,553 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc recorded in Southern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 239,069 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Southern Asia rank for herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc?
Southern Asia ranks 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Southern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Southern Asia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed

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.