Asia vs China (People’s Republic of): Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC

Asia
786,504 1000 ha
in 2022
China (People’s Republic of)
164,736 1000 ha
in 2022
Asia rank
2nd
China (People’s Republic of) rank
3rd

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC over time

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

Asia currently reports 786,504 1000 ha against 164,736 1000 ha in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 621,768 1000 ha.

That makes Asia's figure about 4.8 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.

Asia ranks 2nd and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 3rd of 44 groups.

Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Asia China (People’s Republic of) Difference Ahead
1990s 807,262 1000 ha 172,349 1000 ha 634,912 1000 ha Asia
2000s 803,679 1000 ha 168,992 1000 ha 634,688 1000 ha Asia
2010s 794,841 1000 ha 165,713 1000 ha 629,128 1000 ha Asia
2020s 787,813 1000 ha 164,943 1000 ha 622,870 1000 ha Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc, Asia or China (People’s Republic of)?
Asia, at 786,504 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 Asia and China (People’s Republic of)?
621,768 1000 ha, with Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and China (People’s Republic of)?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Asia and China (People’s Republic of) rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
Asia ranks 2nd and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 3rd of 44 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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Indicator
Terrestrial barren land — 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.