Central America vs China, People's Republic of: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC

Central America
73,820 1000 ha
in 2022
China, People's Republic of
23,500 1000 ha
in 2022
Central America rank
9th
China, People's Republic of rank
14th

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Central America
  • China, People's Republic of
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How they compare

Central America currently reports 73,820 1000 ha against 23,500 1000 ha in China, People's Republic of, a difference of 50,320 1000 ha.

That makes Central America's figure about 3.1 times China, People's Republic of's.

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

Central America ranks 9th and China, People's Republic of ranks 14th of 44 regions.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Central America China, People's Republic of Difference Ahead
1990s 74,851 1000 ha 25,299 1000 ha 49,552 1000 ha Central America
2000s 73,866 1000 ha 23,677 1000 ha 50,189 1000 ha Central America
2010s 73,921 1000 ha 23,368 1000 ha 50,553 1000 ha Central America
2020s 73,849 1000 ha 23,448 1000 ha 50,401 1000 ha Central America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc, Central America or China, People's Republic of?
Central America, at 73,820 1000 ha against 23,500 1000 ha in China, People's Republic of as of 2022.
What is the difference in shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Central America and China, People's Republic of?
50,320 1000 ha, with Central America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and China, People's Republic of?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Central America and China, People's Republic of rank globally for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Central America ranks 9th and China, People's Republic of ranks 14th of 44 regions.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Shrub-covered areas — 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.