China vs Iran (Islamic Republic of): Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC over time
- China
- Iran (Islamic Republic of)
How they compare
China currently reports 164,736 1000 ha against 105,383 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of), a difference of 59,353 1000 ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.6 times Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s.
Across all 31 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 3rd and Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd of 224 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 172,349 1000 ha | 103,782 1000 ha | 68,567 1000 ha | China |
| 2000s | 168,992 1000 ha | 105,699 1000 ha | 63,292 1000 ha | China |
| 2010s | 165,713 1000 ha | 106,122 1000 ha | 59,591 1000 ha | China |
| 2020s | 164,943 1000 ha | 105,485 1000 ha | 59,458 1000 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc, China or Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- China, at 164,736 1000 ha against 105,383 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of) as of 2022.
- What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc between China and Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- 59,353 1000 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do China and Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- China ranks 3rd and Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd of 224 countries.
- 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.