China, mainland vs Northern Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time
- China, mainland
- Northern Africa
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 23,458 1000 ha against 20,382 1000 ha in Northern Africa, a difference of 3,076 1000 ha.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 1.2 times Northern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Northern Africa ahead.
China, mainland ranks 15th and Northern Africa ranks 19th of 224 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, China, mainland averaged higher in 1 and Northern Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China, mainland | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25,257 1000 ha | 54,597 1000 ha | 29,340 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 23,639 1000 ha | 51,103 1000 ha | 27,464 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 23,330 1000 ha | 26,544 1000 ha | 3,214 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 23,407 1000 ha | 20,450 1000 ha | 2,956 1000 ha | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc, China, mainland or Northern Africa?
- China, mainland, at 23,458 1000 ha against 20,382 1000 ha in Northern Africa as of 2022.
- What is the difference in shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc between China, mainland and Northern Africa?
- 3,076 1000 ha, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Northern Africa?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do China, mainland and Northern Africa rank globally for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- China, mainland ranks 15th and Northern Africa ranks 19th of 224 countries.
- 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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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.