Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Brazil

Brazil: Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS was 42,871 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
42,871 1000 ha
Change on year
down 1.6%
World rank
6th
of 240 countries
All-time high
43,547 1000 ha
in 2023
All-time low
26,635 1000 ha
in 2002
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Brazil, 2001–2024

010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k2001201220242001: 27.2k 1000 ha2002: 26.6k 1000 ha2003: 28.5k 1000 ha2004: 28.7k 1000 ha2005: 28.7k 1000 ha2006: 29.5k 1000 ha2007: 30.5k 1000 ha2008: 31.4k 1000 ha2009: 31.4k 1000 ha2010: 31.2k 1000 ha2011: 32.4k 1000 ha2012: 32.2k 1000 ha2013: 33.0k 1000 ha2014: 33.7k 1000 ha2015: 34.3k 1000 ha2016: 35.0k 1000 ha2017: 36.7k 1000 ha2018: 37.5k 1000 ha2019: 38.1k 1000 ha2020: 39.6k 1000 ha2021: 41.2k 1000 ha2022: 42.1k 1000 ha2023: 43.5k 1000 ha2024: 42.9k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for herbaceous crops — area from modis in Brazil is 42,871 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 27.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from modis in Brazil peaked at 43,547 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 26,635 1000 ha, in 2002.

That places Brazil 6th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 29,178 1000 ha 26,635 1000 ha 31,446 1000 ha 9
2010s 34,403 1000 ha 31,210 1000 ha 38,098 1000 ha 10
2020s 41,872 1000 ha 39,597 1000 ha 43,547 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 3 China, mainland 139,102 1000 ha compare
  2. 4 Russian Federation 113,149 1000 ha compare
  3. 5 Canada 48,971 1000 ha compare
  4. 7 Ukraine 39,775 1000 ha compare
  5. 8 Nigeria 37,784 1000 ha compare
  6. 9 Argentina 36,041 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is herbaceous crops — area from modis in Brazil?
Herbaceous crops — area from modis in Brazil was 42,871 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 Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 43,547 1000 ha in 2023.
What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 26,635 1000 ha in 2002.
How does Brazil rank for herbaceous crops — area from modis?
Brazil ranks 6th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is herbaceous crops — area from modis rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Brazil 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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About this data

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
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.