Malawi vs Yunnan: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland

Malawi
2,962 Square kilometres
in 2022
Yunnan
13,992 Square kilometres
in 2022
Malawi rank
64th
Yunnan rank
62nd

Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland over time

  • Malawi
  • Yunnan
05.0k10.0k15.0k200520132022

How they compare

Yunnan currently reports 13,992 Square kilometres against 2,962 Square kilometres in Malawi, a difference of 11,030 Square kilometres.

That makes Yunnan's figure about 4.7 times Malawi's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Yunnan has been ahead every year.

Malawi ranks 64th and Yunnan ranks 62nd of 169 countries.

Yunnan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Yunnan Difference Ahead
2000s 844.88 Square kilometres 2,243 Square kilometres 1,398 Square kilometres Yunnan
2010s 1,763 Square kilometres 3,758 Square kilometres 1,996 Square kilometres Yunnan
2020s 2,939 Square kilometres 13,395 Square kilometres 10,457 Square kilometres Yunnan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland, Malawi or Yunnan?
Yunnan, at 13,992 Square kilometres against 2,962 Square kilometres in Malawi as of 2022.
What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland between Malawi and Yunnan?
11,030 Square kilometres, with Yunnan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Yunnan?
5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
How do Malawi and Yunnan rank globally for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
Malawi ranks 64th and Yunnan ranks 62nd 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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Indicator
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland
Unit
Square kilometres
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
979 places, 4,895 data points, 2005–2022
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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