Land cover and land cover change — Grassland in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Land cover and land cover change — Grassland was 229.38 Square kilometres in 2022. ▬ Flat
Land cover and land cover change — Grassland in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands recorded 229.38 Square kilometres for land cover and land cover change — grassland in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land cover and land cover change — grassland in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands peaked at 229.97 Square kilometres in 2000 and was at its lowest, 229.38 Square kilometres, in 2022.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ranks 115th of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Land cover and land cover change — Grassland in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 229.97 Square kilometres | — |
| 2005 | 229.97 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 229.97 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 229.97 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 229.97 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 229.38 Square kilometres | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 229.97 Square kilometres | 229.97 Square kilometres | 229.97 Square kilometres | 2 |
| 2010s | 229.97 Square kilometres | 229.97 Square kilometres | 229.97 Square kilometres | 2 |
| 2020s | 229.68 Square kilometres | 229.38 Square kilometres | 229.97 Square kilometres | 2 |
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More environment data for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.08 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.35 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.429 °C (2025)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.2512 Percentage change (2024)
- Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC 40.06 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC 2.06 1000 ha (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land cover and land cover change — grassland in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- Land cover and land cover change — grassland in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was 229.38 Square kilometres in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land cover and land cover change — grassland recorded in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 229.97 Square kilometres in 2000.
- What is the lowest land cover and land cover change — grassland recorded in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 229.38 Square kilometres in 2022.
- How does South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands rank for land cover and land cover change — grassland?
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ranks 115th out of 207 countries with data for 2022.
- Is land cover and land cover change — grassland rising or falling in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land cover and land cover change — Grassland. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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