China vs Southern Asia: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC over time
- China
- Southern Asia
How they compare
China currently reports 25,339 1000 ha against 19,917 1000 ha in Southern Asia, a difference of 5,422 1000 ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.3 times Southern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Southern Asia ahead.
China ranks 9th and Southern Asia ranks 14th of 224 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, China averaged higher in 3 and Southern Asia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21,717 1000 ha | 23,581 1000 ha | 1,864 1000 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2000s | 22,348 1000 ha | 20,264 1000 ha | 2,084 1000 ha | China |
| 2010s | 22,825 1000 ha | 19,036 1000 ha | 3,790 1000 ha | China |
| 2020s | 24,840 1000 ha | 19,677 1000 ha | 5,163 1000 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc, China or Southern Asia?
- China, at 25,339 1000 ha against 19,917 1000 ha in Southern Asia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc between China and Southern Asia?
- 5,422 1000 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Southern Asia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do China and Southern Asia rank globally for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- China ranks 9th and Southern Asia ranks 14th 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.