China vs OECD: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland over time
- China
- OECD
How they compare
OECD currently reports 216,625 Square kilometres against 187,003 Square kilometres in China, a difference of 29,622 Square kilometres.
That makes OECD's figure about 1.2 times China's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, OECD has been ahead every year.
China ranks 2nd and OECD ranks 1st of 169 countries.
OECD has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | OECD | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 45,103 Square kilometres | 78,576 Square kilometres | 33,473 Square kilometres | OECD |
| 2010s | 92,451 Square kilometres | 148,659 Square kilometres | 56,208 Square kilometres | OECD |
| 2020s | 178,186 Square kilometres | 208,754 Square kilometres | 30,568 Square kilometres | OECD |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland, China or OECD?
- OECD, at 216,625 Square kilometres against 187,003 Square kilometres in China as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland between China and OECD?
- 29,622 Square kilometres, with OECD ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and OECD?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do China and OECD rank globally for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- China ranks 2nd and OECD ranks 1st of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland. 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