China, mainland vs Greenland: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC over time
- China, mainland
- Greenland
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 13,021 1000 ha against 6,357 1000 ha in Greenland, a difference of 6,664 1000 ha.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 2.0 times Greenland's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, China, mainland has been ahead every year.
China, mainland ranks 7th and Greenland ranks 10th of 224 countries.
China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China, mainland | Greenland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,722 1000 ha | 6,357 1000 ha | 6,365 1000 ha | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 12,765 1000 ha | 6,357 1000 ha | 6,408 1000 ha | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 12,869 1000 ha | 6,357 1000 ha | 6,512 1000 ha | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 12,997 1000 ha | 6,357 1000 ha | 6,640 1000 ha | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher inland water bodies — area from cci_lc, China, mainland or Greenland?
- China, mainland, at 13,021 1000 ha against 6,357 1000 ha in Greenland as of 2022.
- What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from cci_lc between China, mainland and Greenland?
- 6,664 1000 ha, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Greenland?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do China, mainland and Greenland rank globally for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- China, mainland ranks 7th and Greenland ranks 10th of 224 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Inland water bodies — 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
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.