China, mainland vs Niger: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC

China, mainland
25,334 1000 ha
in 2022
Niger
15,018 1000 ha
in 2022
China, mainland rank
10th
Niger rank
11th

Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • China, mainland
  • Niger
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How they compare

China, mainland currently reports 25,334 1000 ha against 15,018 1000 ha in Niger, a difference of 10,316 1000 ha.

That makes China, mainland's figure about 1.7 times Niger's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, China, mainland has been ahead every year.

China, mainland ranks 10th and Niger ranks 11th of 219 countries.

China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China, mainland Niger Difference Ahead
1990s 21,713 1000 ha 12,544 1000 ha 9,169 1000 ha China, mainland
2000s 22,344 1000 ha 12,676 1000 ha 9,668 1000 ha China, mainland
2010s 22,821 1000 ha 13,546 1000 ha 9,275 1000 ha China, mainland
2020s 24,835 1000 ha 14,801 1000 ha 10,034 1000 ha China, mainland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc, China, mainland or Niger?
China, mainland, at 25,334 1000 ha against 15,018 1000 ha in Niger as of 2022.
What is the difference in sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc between China, mainland and Niger?
10,316 1000 ha, with China, mainland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Niger?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do China, mainland and Niger rank globally for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
China, mainland ranks 10th and Niger ranks 11th of 219 countries.
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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Indicator
Sparsely natural vegetated 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.