Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Southern Asia

Southern Asia: Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS was 237,031 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
237,031 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
5th
of 29 groups
All-time high
237,071 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
216,517 1000 ha
in 2002
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Southern Asia, 2001–2024

050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k2001201220242001: 216.5k 1000 ha2002: 216.5k 1000 ha2003: 227.6k 1000 ha2004: 229.3k 1000 ha2005: 231.2k 1000 ha2006: 230.7k 1000 ha2007: 232.8k 1000 ha2008: 230.1k 1000 ha2009: 231.1k 1000 ha2010: 236.0k 1000 ha2011: 234.4k 1000 ha2012: 232.5k 1000 ha2013: 234.1k 1000 ha2014: 234.1k 1000 ha2015: 233.8k 1000 ha2016: 234.8k 1000 ha2017: 236.2k 1000 ha2018: 232.6k 1000 ha2019: 235.8k 1000 ha2020: 236.4k 1000 ha2021: 235.7k 1000 ha2022: 237.1k 1000 ha2023: 236.2k 1000 ha2024: 237.0k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Southern Asia recorded 237,031 1000 ha for herbaceous crops — area from modis in 2024.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from modis in Southern Asia peaked at 237,071 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 216,517 1000 ha, in 2002.

That places Southern Asia 5th out of 29 groups 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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 227,312 1000 ha 216,517 1000 ha 232,760 1000 ha 9
2010s 234,437 1000 ha 232,498 1000 ha 236,233 1000 ha 10
2020s 236,477 1000 ha 235,697 1000 ha 237,071 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Southern Asia

  1. 2 China 139,619 1000 ha compare
  2. 3 China, mainland 139,102 1000 ha compare
  3. 4 Russian Federation 113,149 1000 ha compare
  4. 5 Canada 48,971 1000 ha compare
  5. 6 Brazil 42,871 1000 ha compare
  6. 7 Ukraine 39,775 1000 ha compare
  7. 8 Nigeria 37,784 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 Southern Asia?
Herbaceous crops — area from modis in Southern Asia was 237,031 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 Southern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 237,071 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Southern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 216,517 1000 ha in 2002.
How does Southern Asia rank for herbaceous crops — area from modis?
Southern Asia ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is herbaceous crops — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
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 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.