China vs United States of America: Land cover and land cover change — Grassland
Land cover and land cover change — Grassland over time
- China
- United States of America
How they compare
China currently reports 2.59 million Square kilometres against 1.72 million Square kilometres in United States of America, a difference of 864,450 Square kilometres.
That makes China's figure about 1.5 times United States of America's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 2nd and United States of America ranks 3rd of 207 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.62 million Square kilometres | 1.72 million Square kilometres | 900,405 Square kilometres | China |
| 2010s | 2.62 million Square kilometres | 1.71 million Square kilometres | 908,910 Square kilometres | China |
| 2020s | 2.59 million Square kilometres | 1.72 million Square kilometres | 870,945 Square kilometres | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land cover and land cover change — grassland, China or United States of America?
- China, at 2.59 million Square kilometres against 1.72 million Square kilometres in United States of America as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — grassland between China and United States of America?
- 864,450 Square kilometres, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and United States of America?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
- How do China and United States of America rank globally for land cover and land cover change — grassland?
- China ranks 2nd and United States of America ranks 3rd of 207 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Land cover and land cover change — Grassland. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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