Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Italy

Italy: Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS was 10,859 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
10,859 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
23rd
of 240 countries
All-time high
11,859 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
10,561 1000 ha
in 2020
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k2001201220242001: 11.9k 1000 ha2002: 11.5k 1000 ha2003: 11.2k 1000 ha2004: 11.5k 1000 ha2005: 11.4k 1000 ha2006: 11.1k 1000 ha2007: 11.2k 1000 ha2008: 11.4k 1000 ha2009: 11.3k 1000 ha2010: 11.2k 1000 ha2011: 11.0k 1000 ha2012: 11.1k 1000 ha2013: 11.0k 1000 ha2014: 10.8k 1000 ha2015: 10.6k 1000 ha2016: 10.6k 1000 ha2017: 10.6k 1000 ha2018: 10.6k 1000 ha2019: 10.6k 1000 ha2020: 10.6k 1000 ha2021: 10.7k 1000 ha2022: 10.8k 1000 ha2023: 10.9k 1000 ha2024: 10.9k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2024, herbaceous crops — area from modis in Italy stood at 10,859 1000 ha.

That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from modis in Italy peaked at 11,859 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 10,561 1000 ha, in 2020.

Italy ranks 23rd of 240 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 11,396 1000 ha 11,141 1000 ha 11,859 1000 ha 9
2010s 10,814 1000 ha 10,569 1000 ha 11,170 1000 ha 10
2020s 10,777 1000 ha 10,561 1000 ha 10,897 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Italy

  1. 20 Spain 13,503 1000 ha compare
  2. 21 Germany 13,190 1000 ha compare
  3. 22 Kazakhstan 12,888 1000 ha compare
  4. 24 Chad 10,706 1000 ha compare
  5. 25 Romania 10,218 1000 ha compare
  6. 26 Indonesia 9,853 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is herbaceous crops — area from modis in Italy?
Herbaceous crops — area from modis in Italy was 10,859 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 Italy?
The highest recorded value was 11,859 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Italy?
The lowest recorded value was 10,561 1000 ha in 2020.
How does Italy rank for herbaceous crops — area from modis?
Italy ranks 23rd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is herbaceous crops — area from modis rising or falling in Italy?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Italy 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.