China, mainland vs Western Africa: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC over time
- China, mainland
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 27,172 1000 ha against 25,334 1000 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 1,838 1000 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.1 times China, mainland's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1992 it was China, mainland ahead.
China, mainland ranks 10th and Western Africa ranks 12th of 224 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, China, mainland averaged higher in 2 and Western Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China, mainland | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21,713 1000 ha | 21,376 1000 ha | 337.56 1000 ha | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 22,344 1000 ha | 21,689 1000 ha | 655.25 1000 ha | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 22,821 1000 ha | 23,786 1000 ha | 965.11 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 24,835 1000 ha | 26,635 1000 ha | 1,800 1000 ha | Western 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 Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 27,172 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 Western Africa?
- 1,838 1000 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Western Africa?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do China, mainland and Western Africa rank globally for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- China, mainland ranks 10th and Western Africa ranks 12th 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.