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Land cover and land cover change — Grassland by country

The land cover dataset provides a global assessment of land cover and land cover change to monitor pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity. By using geospatial data with high spatio-temporal resolution, it develops a set of internationally comparable indicators with a long time series and a five-year interval from...

Countries reporting
198
Highest
4.36 million Square kilometres
OECD
Lowest
3.64 Square kilometres
Timor-Leste
Median
2,785 Square kilometres
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
6,318

What the numbers show

Land cover and land cover change — Grassland is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 4.36 million Square kilometres in OECD; the lowest is 3.64 Square kilometres in Timor-Leste.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,785 Square kilometres, and the mean is 96,687 Square kilometres.

Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Philippines (up 203.1%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 62.5%).

Land cover and land cover change — Grassland: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 4.36 million Square kilometres 2022 up 2.7% flat
2 China 2.59 million Square kilometres 2022 down 1.3% flat
3 United States 1.72 million Square kilometres 2022 up 0.4% flat
4 Australia and New Zealand 1.45 million Square kilometres 2022 up 7.7% rising
5 Australia 1.31 million Square kilometres 2022 up 8.7% rising
6 Russia 1.18 million Square kilometres 2022 up 0.9% flat
7 Kazakhstan 807,027 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.9% flat
8 Brazil 432,181 Square kilometres 2022 down 3.3% flat
9 Namibia 380,253 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.2% flat
10 Mongolia 324,859 Square kilometres 2022 up 3.8% rising
11 Canada 243,318 Square kilometres 2022 up 1.2% flat
12 Afghanistan 236,752 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.3% flat
13 South Africa 218,130 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.1% flat
14 Pakistan 169,880 Square kilometres 2022 up 1.3% rising
15 Angola 163,864 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.9% flat
16 Venezuela 162,424 Square kilometres 2022 down 2.1% flat
17 Peru 153,926 Square kilometres 2022 down 2.2% flat
18 Colombia 151,344 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.4% flat
19 Madagascar 234,131 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.3% flat
19 Mali 140,675 Square kilometres 2022 up 1.6% flat
20 Niger 139,551 Square kilometres 2022 down 2.8% flat
21 New Zealand 139,349 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.6% flat
22 Kenya 135,219 Square kilometres 2022 down 3.8% flat
22 Mauritania 108,977 Square kilometres 2022 down 3.2% flat
23 Chad 124,648 Square kilometres 2022 down 4.0% flat
24 United Kingdom 112,306 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.6% flat
24 Ethiopia 84,708 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.6% flat
25 Uruguay 110,091 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.5% flat
26 India 108,964 Square kilometres 2022 down 2.4% flat
27 Bolivia 98,728 Square kilometres 2022 down 2.5% flat
28 France 90,702 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.1% flat
29 Argentina 83,283 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.6% flat
30 Kyrgyzstan 78,929 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.2% flat
31 Central African Republic 67,967 Square kilometres 2022 up 6.4% flat
31 Caribbean 29,384 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.5% flat
32 Somalia 65,888 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.0% falling
33 Tajikistan 62,561 Square kilometres 2022 down 2.1% flat
34 Germany 48,647 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.9% flat
35 Ireland 46,280 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.8% flat
36 Iran 45,870 Square kilometres 2022 up 2.3% flat
37 Burkina Faso 42,110 Square kilometres 2022 down 2.5% flat
38 Norway 38,510 Square kilometres 2022 up 1.9% rising
38 Lesotho 12,938 Square kilometres 2022 down 2.6% flat
39 Greenland 34,100 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
40 Chile 33,058 Square kilometres 2022 up 1.6% flat
41 Spain 32,317 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.8% flat
42 Tanzania 30,854 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.7% flat
43 Botswana 30,654 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.4% falling
44 Mozambique 28,859 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.1% flat
45 Nepal 27,753 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.8% flat
46 Uzbekistan 27,626 Square kilometres 2022 up 1.4% flat
47 Nigeria 26,169 Square kilometres 2022 down 5.5% falling
48 Iceland 24,008 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
49 Eritrea 22,790 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.4% flat
50 Sweden 19,525 Square kilometres 2022 up 7.2% rising
51 Italy 19,443 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.3% flat
52 Romania 18,068 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.7% flat
53 Paraguay 14,805 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.5% rising
54 Zimbabwe 14,704 Square kilometres 2022 down 2.0% falling
55 Ukraine 14,444 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.0% flat
55 Croatia 3,027 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.6% flat
56 Cameroon 14,134 Square kilometres 2022 up 10.9% rising
57 Haiti 14,065 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.3% flat
57 Eswatini 2,294 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.1% flat
58 Austria 12,961 Square kilometres 2022 up 4.1% rising
59 Ecuador 12,503 Square kilometres 2022 down 5.1% falling
60 Turkmenistan 11,805 Square kilometres 2022 up 4.0% rising
61 Zambia 11,688 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.6% falling
61 Cabo Verde 524.71 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.9% rising
62 Switzerland 11,610 Square kilometres 2022 up 1.2% flat
63 Congo 11,514 Square kilometres 2022 down 6.4% falling
64 Senegal 11,484 Square kilometres 2022 down 7.6% falling
65 Uganda 7,257 Square kilometres 2022 down 7.5% falling
66 Greece 7,151 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.5% flat
66 Moldova 127.42 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.5% flat
67 Cuba 6,653 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.8% flat
68 Myanmar 6,643 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.8% flat
68 Anguilla 31.92 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.0% flat
69 Hungary 6,584 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.1% flat
70 Indonesia 6,254 Square kilometres 2022 up 3.1% flat
70 Equatorial Guinea 2.19 Square kilometres 2022 down 4.2% rising
71 Czechia 5,998 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.8% flat
72 Georgia 5,653 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.3% flat
73 Dominican Republic 5,642 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.1% flat
74 Honduras 5,522 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.7% flat
75 Guatemala 5,445 Square kilometres 2022 down 7.0% flat
76 Bhutan 5,339 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.1% flat
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,146 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.3% flat
78 Nicaragua 4,693 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.1% rising
79 Gabon 4,539 Square kilometres 2022 down 4.5% falling
80 Belgium 4,454 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.5% flat
81 Azerbaijan 3,735 Square kilometres 2022 down 3.2% flat
82 Belarus 3,537 Square kilometres 2022 up 3.3% flat
83 Burundi 3,357 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.3% flat
84 Armenia 3,211 Square kilometres 2022 down 4.4% flat
85 North Macedonia 2,947 Square kilometres 2022 down 3.0% flat
86 Denmark 2,932 Square kilometres 2022 up 3.4% flat
87 Iraq 2,800 Square kilometres 2022 up 1.4% flat
88 Serbia 2,770 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.0% flat
89 Malawi 2,199 Square kilometres 2022 down 5.1% falling
90 Türkiye 74,984 Square kilometres 2022 down 3.9% flat
90 Finland 2,104 Square kilometres 2022 up 31.1% rising
91 Thailand 1,926 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.8% flat
92 Bulgaria 1,834 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.0% flat
93 Papua New Guinea 1,738 Square kilometres 2022 down 2.8% flat
94 Albania 1,517 Square kilometres 2022 down 4.5% flat
95 Guyana 1,387 Square kilometres 2022 up 1.0% flat
96 Bahamas 1,336 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.5% flat
97 Cambodia 1,177 Square kilometres 2022 up 6.6% flat
98 Bangladesh 1,077 Square kilometres 2022 up 2.5% falling
99 Faroe Islands 939.33 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.2% flat
100 Jamaica 846.06 Square kilometres 2022 up 8.6% rising
101 Portugal 841.15 Square kilometres 2022 up 1.2% rising
102 Djibouti 778.37 Square kilometres 2022 up 13.0% rising
103 Morocco 668.38 Square kilometres 2022 up 4.9% falling
104 Laos 661.42 Square kilometres 2022 up 2.7% rising
105 Luxembourg 612.4 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.9% flat
106 Japan 561.2 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.0% flat
107 Panama 542.24 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.2% flat
108 North Korea 539.24 Square kilometres 2022 down 2.0% falling
109 Sierra Leone 535.8 Square kilometres 2022 down 3.7% falling
110 Puerto Rico 475.94 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.2% falling
111 Guam 464.19 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
112 Yemen 431.14 Square kilometres 2022 down 2.2% falling
113 Democratic Republic of the Congo 38,490 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.5% flat
113 Isle of Man 373.86 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.5% flat
114 Belize 335.69 Square kilometres 2022 up 8.4% rising
115 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 229.38 Square kilometres 2022 down 0.3% flat
116 Costa Rica 211.72 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.2% flat
117 Mexico 192.49 Square kilometres 2022 down 5.5% falling
118 Antigua and Barbuda 135.13 Square kilometres 2022 up 12.6% rising
119 Suriname 126.83 Square kilometres 2022 up 5.2% rising
120 Northern Mariana Islands 122.17 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
121 Sri Lanka 116.92 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.9% flat
122 Andorra 105.39 Square kilometres 2022 up 1.9% flat
123 Algeria 87.74 Square kilometres 2022 up 7.2% volatile
124 Saint Helena 84.91 Square kilometres 2022 down 2.2% flat
125 Libya 81.29 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged falling
126 New Caledonia 69.99 Square kilometres 2022 up 13.3% flat
127 Cyprus 68.77 Square kilometres 2022 up 8.4% flat
128 Guinea-Bissau 66.31 Square kilometres 2022 up 37.2% rising
129 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 66.02 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
130 Trinidad and Tobago 64.73 Square kilometres 2022 down 7.2% falling
131 Turks and Caicos Islands 62.53 Square kilometres 2022 up 5.7% rising
132 Jordan 43.71 Square kilometres 2022 up 64.9% rising
133 Ghana 43.24 Square kilometres 2022 down 3.5% falling
134 Rwanda 43.2 Square kilometres 2022 down 6.6% falling
135 El Salvador 41.96 Square kilometres 2022 down 3.6% falling
136 Liechtenstein 35.66 Square kilometres 2022 up 6.7% rising
137 French Southern Territories 25.04 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
138 United States Virgin Islands 18.54 Square kilometres 2022 up 3.8% flat
139 Saint Kitts and Nevis 16.81 Square kilometres 2022 up 5.3% rising
140 Taiwan 16.3 Square kilometres 2022 up 33.6% rising
141 Tunisia 16.2 Square kilometres 2022 down 3.2% volatile
142 Saudi Arabia 15.37 Square kilometres 2022 up 21.4% volatile
143 Benin 13.9 Square kilometres 2022 up 5.4% falling
144 Hong Kong 13.78 Square kilometres 2022 up 3.1% falling
145 Israel 13.53 Square kilometres 2022 up 11.9% rising
146 Côte d’Ivoire 13.28 Square kilometres 2022 down 21.9% falling
147 Togo 13.1 Square kilometres 2022 up 70.5% rising
148 Liberia 12.8 Square kilometres 2022 down 36.6% falling
149 Grenada 12.05 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
150 Comoros 10.73 Square kilometres 2022 up 32.2% rising
151 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 9.86 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
152 Lebanon 9.62 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged falling
153 Aruba 9.48 Square kilometres 2022 down 62.5% falling
154 Philippines 8.59 Square kilometres 2022 up 203.1% volatile
155 Poland 16,421 Square kilometres 2022 up 1.0% flat
155 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.54 Square kilometres 2022 down 1.2% flat
156 Guinea 6.48 Square kilometres 2022 down 35.5% falling
157 Seychelles 4.62 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
158 Barbados 3.32 Square kilometres 2022 down 22.9% falling
159 Gambia 3.29 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged falling
160 Mauritius 2.99 Square kilometres 2022 down 2.9% falling
161 Guernsey 2.94 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
162 Dominica 2.6 Square kilometres 2022 up 107.2% rising
163 Jersey 2.31 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
164 Malaysia 1.99 Square kilometres 2022 down 19.2% falling
165 Cayman Islands 1.21 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
166 Palestine 1.2 Square kilometres 2022 down 6.2% volatile
167 British Indian Ocean Territory 0.3838 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
168 San Marino 0.2593 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
169 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.182 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
170 Vanuatu 0.1775 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
171 British Virgin Islands 0.1573 Square kilometres 2022 down 33.3% falling
172 United Arab Emirates 0 Square kilometres 2022 — volatile
172 Macao 0 Square kilometres 2022 — volatile
172 Oman 0 Square kilometres 2022 — volatile
181 Netherlands 11,912 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.4% flat
258 Latvia 4,835 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.3% rising
302 Lithuania 3,095 Square kilometres 2022 up 2.7% flat
333 Estonia 2,371 Square kilometres 2022 up 1.7% rising
369 Melanesia 1,808 Square kilometres 2022 down 2.2% flat
447 Viet Nam 882.88 Square kilometres 2022 down 5.8% flat
475 Slovenia 742.05 Square kilometres 2022 up 6.7% rising
505 Micronesia 586.36 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
548 Syrian Arab Republic 359.4 Square kilometres 2022 up 10.5% rising
712 Timor-Leste 3.64 Square kilometres 2022 down 2.5% flat

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Land cover and land cover change — Grassland
Unit
Square kilometres
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
1,053 places, 6,318 data points, 2000–2022
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The land cover dataset provides a global assessment of land cover and land cover change to monitor pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity. By using geospatial data with high spatio-temporal resolution, it develops a set of internationally comparable indicators with a long time series and a five-year interval from 2000 to 2022 for the Climate Change Initiative Land Cover dataset, and from 1975 to 2030 for the Global Human Settlement Layer dataset. Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The dataset has a global coverage on the national level, while on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. The following country aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas, the LAC region and the World. Data source(s): Climate Change Initiative land cover data and Global Human Settlement Layer built-up area data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Database documentation