Asia vs China, mainland: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time
- Asia
- China, mainland
How they compare
Asia currently reports 822,356 1000 ha against 220,009 1000 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 602,347 1000 ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 3.7 times China, mainland's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 2nd and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 44 regions.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | China, mainland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 842,318 1000 ha | 227,967 1000 ha | 614,351 1000 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 826,516 1000 ha | 221,477 1000 ha | 605,039 1000 ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 821,554 1000 ha | 219,900 1000 ha | 601,654 1000 ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, Asia or China, mainland?
- Asia, at 822,356 1000 ha against 220,009 1000 ha in China, mainland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Asia and China, mainland?
- 602,347 1000 ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and China, mainland?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Asia and China, mainland rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Asia ranks 2nd and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 44 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS. 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.