Africa vs China (People’s Republic of): Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Africa
- China (People’s Republic of)
How they compare
Africa currently reports 937,204 1000 ha against 164,736 1000 ha in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 772,468 1000 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 5.7 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 2nd and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 3rd of 26 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | China (People’s Republic of) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 954,119 1000 ha | 172,349 1000 ha | 781,770 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 951,948 1000 ha | 168,992 1000 ha | 782,957 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 946,161 1000 ha | 165,713 1000 ha | 780,448 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 938,717 1000 ha | 164,943 1000 ha | 773,774 1000 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc, Africa or China (People’s Republic of)?
- Africa, at 937,204 1000 ha against 164,736 1000 ha in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2022.
- What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc between Africa and China (People’s Republic of)?
- 772,468 1000 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China (People’s Republic of)?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Africa and China (People’s Republic of) rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- Africa ranks 2nd and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 3rd of 26 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Terrestrial barren land — 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.