Africa vs China, mainland: Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC

Africa
351,704 1000 ha
in 2022
China, mainland
181,768 1000 ha
in 2022
Africa rank
3rd
China, mainland rank
2nd

Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Africa
  • China, mainland
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How they compare

Africa currently reports 351,704 1000 ha against 181,768 1000 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 169,936 1000 ha.

That makes Africa's figure about 1.9 times China, mainland's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.

Africa ranks 3rd and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 44 groups.

Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa China, mainland Difference Ahead
1990s 342,344 1000 ha 201,416 1000 ha 140,928 1000 ha Africa
2000s 354,725 1000 ha 200,930 1000 ha 153,796 1000 ha Africa
2010s 356,061 1000 ha 191,430 1000 ha 164,631 1000 ha Africa
2020s 352,136 1000 ha 182,822 1000 ha 169,314 1000 ha Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc, Africa or China, mainland?
Africa, at 351,704 1000 ha against 181,768 1000 ha in China, mainland as of 2022.
What is the difference in herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc between Africa and China, mainland?
169,936 1000 ha, with Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China, mainland?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Africa and China, mainland rank globally for herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc?
Africa ranks 3rd and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 44 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
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.