Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand: Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS was 31,240 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
31,240 1000 ha
Change on year
down 1.2%
World rank
10th
of 218 countries
All-time high
34,386 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
23,153 1000 ha
in 2002
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Australia and New Zealand, 2001–2024

010.0k20.0k30.0k2001201220242001: 29.6k 1000 ha2002: 23.2k 1000 ha2003: 28.7k 1000 ha2004: 28.9k 1000 ha2005: 30.0k 1000 ha2006: 26.4k 1000 ha2007: 28.0k 1000 ha2008: 27.8k 1000 ha2009: 29.0k 1000 ha2010: 30.2k 1000 ha2011: 26.3k 1000 ha2012: 25.7k 1000 ha2013: 28.3k 1000 ha2014: 29.7k 1000 ha2015: 30.2k 1000 ha2016: 34.2k 1000 ha2017: 29.2k 1000 ha2018: 26.2k 1000 ha2019: 27.4k 1000 ha2020: 31.3k 1000 ha2021: 33.0k 1000 ha2022: 34.4k 1000 ha2023: 31.6k 1000 ha2024: 31.2k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Australia and New Zealand recorded 31,240 1000 ha for herbaceous crops — area from modis in 2024.

That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from modis in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 34,386 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 23,153 1000 ha, in 2002.

Australia and New Zealand ranks 10th of 218 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 27,944 1000 ha 23,153 1000 ha 30,021 1000 ha 9
2010s 28,752 1000 ha 25,704 1000 ha 34,174 1000 ha 10
2020s 32,296 1000 ha 31,240 1000 ha 34,386 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand

  1. 7 Ukraine 39,775 1000 ha compare
  2. 8 Nigeria 37,784 1000 ha compare
  3. 9 Argentina 36,041 1000 ha compare
  4. 11 Australia 31,075 1000 ha compare
  5. 12 France 21,125 1000 ha compare
  6. 13 Thailand 20,866 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is herbaceous crops — area from modis in Australia and New Zealand?
Herbaceous crops — area from modis in Australia and New Zealand was 31,240 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 34,386 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 23,153 1000 ha in 2002.
How does Australia and New Zealand rank for herbaceous crops — area from modis?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 10th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
Is herbaceous crops — area from modis rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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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.