Central Asia vs China, mainland: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Central Asia
- China, mainland
How they compare
Central Asia currently reports 69,911 1000 ha against 25,334 1000 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 44,577 1000 ha.
That makes Central Asia's figure about 2.8 times China, mainland's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Central Asia has been ahead every year.
Central Asia ranks 9th and China, mainland ranks 10th of 26 groups.
Central Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central Asia | China, mainland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 72,472 1000 ha | 21,713 1000 ha | 50,758 1000 ha | Central Asia |
| 2000s | 68,027 1000 ha | 22,344 1000 ha | 45,683 1000 ha | Central Asia |
| 2010s | 69,201 1000 ha | 22,821 1000 ha | 46,380 1000 ha | Central Asia |
| 2020s | 69,648 1000 ha | 24,835 1000 ha | 44,812 1000 ha | Central Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc, Central Asia or China, mainland?
- Central Asia, at 69,911 1000 ha against 25,334 1000 ha in China, mainland as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc between Central Asia and China, mainland?
- 44,577 1000 ha, with Central Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central Asia and China, mainland?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Central Asia and China, mainland rank globally for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Central Asia ranks 9th and China, mainland ranks 10th of 26 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sparsely natural vegetated 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.