China (People’s Republic of) vs China, mainland: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC

China (People’s Republic of)
25,339 1000 ha
in 2022
China, mainland
25,334 1000 ha
in 2022
China (People’s Republic of) rank
9th
China, mainland rank
10th

Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • China (People’s Republic of)
  • China, mainland
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How they compare

China (People’s Republic of) currently reports 25,339 1000 ha against 25,334 1000 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 5 1000 ha.

Across all 31 years both countries report, China (People’s Republic of) has been ahead every year.

China (People’s Republic of) ranks 9th and China, mainland ranks 10th of 224 countries.

China (People’s Republic of) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China (People’s Republic of) China, mainland Difference Ahead
1990s 21,717 1000 ha 21,713 1000 ha 4.1 1000 ha China (People’s Republic of)
2000s 22,348 1000 ha 22,344 1000 ha 4.19 1000 ha China (People’s Republic of)
2010s 22,825 1000 ha 22,821 1000 ha 4.35 1000 ha China (People’s Republic of)
2020s 24,840 1000 ha 24,835 1000 ha 4.47 1000 ha China (People’s Republic of)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc, China (People’s Republic of) or China, mainland?
China (People’s Republic of), at 25,339 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 (People’s Republic of) and China, mainland?
5 1000 ha, with China (People’s Republic of) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and China, mainland?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do China (People’s Republic of) and China, mainland rank globally for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 9th and China, mainland ranks 10th 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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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.