Land cover and land cover change — Grassland in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Land cover and land cover change — Grassland was 2.18 million Square kilometres in 2022. ▬ Flat
Land cover and land cover change — Grassland in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
In 2022, land cover and land cover change — grassland in Sub-Saharan Africa stood at 2.18 million Square kilometres. 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 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land cover and land cover change — grassland in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 2.22 million Square kilometres in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2.18 million Square kilometres, in 2022.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th of 71 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
Land cover and land cover change — Grassland in Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.21 million Square kilometres | — |
| 2005 | 2.22 million Square kilometres | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 2.21 million Square kilometres | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 2.21 million Square kilometres | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2.19 million Square kilometres | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 2.18 million Square kilometres | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.21 million Square kilometres | 2.21 million Square kilometres | 2.22 million Square kilometres | 2 |
| 2010s | 2.21 million Square kilometres | 2.21 million Square kilometres | 2.21 million Square kilometres | 2 |
| 2020s | 2.19 million Square kilometres | 2.18 million Square kilometres | 2.19 million Square kilometres | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
- 3 United States 1.72 million Square kilometres compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 1.45 million Square kilometres compare
- 5 Australia 1.31 million Square kilometres compare
- 6 Russia 1.18 million Square kilometres compare
- 7 Kazakhstan 807,027 Square kilometres compare
- 8 Brazil 432,181 Square kilometres compare
- 9 Namibia 380,253 Square kilometres compare
More environment data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.36 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.223 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.21 °C (2025)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 305.43 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Aquaculture production 904,662 metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 2.29 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 2.96 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 72.81 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land cover and land cover change — grassland in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Land cover and land cover change — grassland in Sub-Saharan Africa was 2.18 million 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 Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.22 million Square kilometres in 2005.
- What is the lowest land cover and land cover change — grassland recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.18 million Square kilometres in 2022.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for land cover and land cover change — grassland?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th out of 71 groups with data for 2022.
- Is land cover and land cover change — grassland rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa 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