China, mainland vs Northern Africa: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC over time
- China, mainland
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 33,974 1000 ha against 25,334 1000 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 8,640 1000 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 1.3 times China, mainland's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
China, mainland ranks 10th and Northern Africa ranks 11th of 224 countries.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China, mainland | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21,713 1000 ha | 30,773 1000 ha | 9,060 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 22,344 1000 ha | 30,825 1000 ha | 8,481 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 22,821 1000 ha | 31,165 1000 ha | 8,344 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 24,835 1000 ha | 33,390 1000 ha | 8,555 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
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 Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 33,974 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 China, mainland and Northern Africa?
- 8,640 1000 ha, with Northern Africa 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 sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- China, mainland ranks 10th and Northern Africa ranks 11th of 224 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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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.