Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) global 500 meter 8-day vegetation clumping index product (2016) includes the global vegetation clumping index data and its quality control file in 2016, with a time resolution of 8 days.It contains 46 sets of global data each year in tif format, including data projection information. The product can provide data support for estimation of vegetation structure parameters such as leaf area index and operation of relevant ecological and land surface models.